“My Best Friend’s Exorcism” – With friends like these [MOVIE REVIEW] I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, “Mean Girls” meets “The Exorcist.” Not. “My Best Friend’s Neely Swanson September 30, 2022
“Kinpika” – Peaks your interest [TELEVISION REVIEW] Based on a series of books by Jirô Asada, written for television by Shin’ichi Hisamatsu, and expertly directed with style Neely Swanson September 29, 2022
“Reasonable Doubt” – Justifiable [TELEVISION REVIEW] Legal shows are a dime a dozen. Well maybe not a dime because most of them are about very expensive Neely Swanson September 27, 2022
“Reboot” – Again Please [TELEVISION REVIEW] “Reboot,” from the deviously clever mind of Steven Levitan (“Modern Family”), is one laugh out loud moment after another, played Neely Swanson September 24, 2022
“Hold Me Tight” – Don’t let go [MOVIE REVIEW] “Hold Me Tight,” based on Claudine Galea’s play “Je Reviens de Loin” (“I’ve Returned from Afar”), is a disorienting film Neely Swanson September 23, 2022
“Bandit” Stick ‘em up [MOVIE REVIEW] The true story of career criminal Gilbert Galvan belongs in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.” It definitely comes under the Neely Swanson September 20, 2022
“Paris Police 1900” – Yesterday and Today [TELEVISION REVIEW] Corruption, murder, right wing fanatics, anarchists, sex, blackmail. As the French would say, “délicieux.” 1900, thought of as the Belle Neely Swanson September 19, 2022
“See How they Run” – Pretty fast [MOVIE REVIEW] Writer Mark Chappell came up with a killer idea when he decided to reverentially spoof Agatha Christie’s unbelievably long-running West Neely Swanson September 15, 2022
“Simchas and Sorrows” – Agnes loves Levi [MOVIE REVIEW] Genevieve Adams, writer, director, and star of “Simchas and Sorrow” (Joys and Sorrows) has successfully waded into quicksand and come Neely Swanson September 14, 2022
“God’s Country” – There is no god here [MOVIE REVIEW] Director and co-writer Julian Higgins is very clear from the outset that he was making a western. How do we Neely Swanson September 12, 2022
“The Mayor of Rione Sanità” – An offer you shouldn’t refuse [MOVIE REVIEW] Who doesn’t like a good gangster movie, full of over-the-top thugs, killer scenery (where killer has several meanings), and a Neely Swanson September 7, 2022
“Tell Me Lies” – Tell something I don’t know [TELEVISION REVIEW] “Tell Me Lies,” the new Hulu series, sets out to fill in that gap we didn’t know existed between “Beverly Neely Swanson September 6, 2022
“The Class” – But who’s getting schooled? [MOVIE REVIEW] Imitation is sometimes the highest form of flattery. Unfortunately, in the case of “The Class,” it’s misplaced. Director/writer Nicholas Celozzi Neely Swanson September 5, 2022
“Private Desert” – Not alone [MOVIE REVIEW] “Private Desert” is a remarkably nuanced story about love, masculinity, expectations, and vulnerability. That it involves two men is incidental. Neely Swanson September 4, 2022
“Wedding Season” – It’s deadly [TELEVISION REVIEW] “Wedding Season,”a new limited series from Hulu, starts fresh out of the box filled with possibilities that are ultimately not Neely Swanson September 2, 2022
“Carnal Knowledge” – Still unlawful [MOVIE REVIEW] “Carnal Knowledge,” now being re-released by Rialto Pictures in a new 4K restoration, is as searing today as it was Neely Swanson August 29, 2022