MOVIES

The Retirement Plan (2023) - Nicolas Cage

The Retirement Plan (2023) | Transcript

When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to estranged father Matt, currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands.

Golda (2023)

Golda (2023) | Transcript

Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction.

Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023) | Transcript

In 1935, Hungarian-American para-psychologist Nandor Fodor began his investigation of a strange occurrence on the Isle of Man. An average British family, the Irvings, claimed to have been contacted by a mysterious entity at their farm. A talking mongoose. Named Gef (Pronounced “Jeff”.)

Blue Beetle 2023

Blue Beetle (2023) | Transcript

An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero…

Liam Neeson in Retribution (2023)

Retribution (2023) | Transcript

A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

Aliens (1986)

Aliens (1986) | Review by Pauline Kael

Aliens is a very big “Boo!” movie. Long and visually repetitious, this sci-fi action-horror film is scaled to be an epic, and it’s certainly getting epic reviews.

Yellow Submarine (1968) | Review by Pauline Kael

No doubt we can all do with less threat and less stress in the environment, and yet there’s something depressing about seeing yesterday’s outlaw idols of the teen-agers become a quartet of Pollyannas for the wholesome family trade.

Talk to Me (2022)

Talk to Me (2022) | Transcript

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Bed and Board - Domicile conjugal (1970)

Bed and Board (1970) | Review by Pauline Kael

As this series of Antoine Doinel films has gone on, Truffaut has had less and less to say about his once semi-autobiographical hero, and Jean-Pierre Léaud, who has played Antoine since The 400 Blows, has grown away from the role.

Promise at Dawn (1970 film)

Promise at Dawn (1970) | Review by Pauline Kael

Promise at Dawn starts from a clever commercial premise: to use Romain Gary’s autobiographical memoir for an anti-Freudian movie — a hero celebrating the memory of his wild, wonderful Jewish mother.