Transformers: The Last Knight Directed by Michael Bay “Transformers: The Last Knight” is an awful movie – but, unlike its predecessors, it’s now a...
Film
Some great movies would go down nicely this week, with high temperatures in the Sacramento region making air-conditioned movie theaters look...
This summer, the Tower Theatre celebrates Japanese animation with 11 films from the acclaimed Studio Ghibli. The films will each have two screenings...
The big news for the coming week, regarding film in Sacramento, is that Friday marks the opening of the 16th annual Sacramento French Film Festival –...
Last week I was out of the country and out of the screening loop. Which was great timing, as “Pirates” and “Baywatch” did about as much to make the...
Alien: Covenant Directed by Ridley Scott In 2012, “Prometheus” took the “Alien” franchise in a new direction, effectively becoming a quasi-religious...
The Wall Directed by Doug Liman As with last week’s film openings, my favorite film of this week is the smallest and least promoted. “The Wall” is...
One of the things that keeps me going back to the movies, over and over again, are the surprises. Sure, a lot of films are formulaic and not all are...
One of my favorite outcomes of watching so many films on a regular basis are the occasional, unintentionally complementary release dates of otherwise...
As somebody with only a passing familiarity with the 1995 anime version of “Ghost in the Shell” and even less familiarity with the Japanese Manga or...
