
The Queen’s Gambit (review)
A woman wins at chess

Holidate (review)
A companion for the holidays

Beat (review)
Crime and the German music scene

Two for young’uns
The Witches & Yes, God, Yes

The Kid Detective (review)
Adam Brody plays the adult version

The Public (review)
Strife in the library

Borat Subsequent Movie Film (review)
That translates to sequel

Rebecca (review)
The remake for Netflix

Synchronic (review)
A designer drug with bad efx

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (review)
A splendid recreation

Love and Monsters (review)
The latest post-apocalyptic world

Honest Thief (review)
Liam Neeson with his certain set of skills

My Octopus Teacher (review)
Discovering an amazing cephalopod

The Murders at White House Farm (review)
Yet another true crime drama

Two more from Blumhouse (reviews)
This second batch is worse

Yellow Rose (review)
An Filipina country singer for starters

TIME (review)
A woman’s fight for her husband

The 40-Year-Old Version (review)
A playwright considers her career

Opening Night (review)
A delightful backstage comedy

On the Rocks (review)
Bill Murry and Sofia Coppola team up again

Welcome to Blumhouse (reviews)
The first 2 of 4 films for Amazon

Possessor Uncut (review)
From David Cronenberg’s son

Save Yourselves! (review)
A comic take on alien invasion

Two new Netflix’s comedies
Sneakerheads & Emily in Paris

Broker
Stolen from a “baby box” to be sold

Sick
A slasher in the time of COVID

M3gan
A killer companion

The Old Way
Nicolas Cage in a revenge western

Corsage
Empress Elisabeth of Austria acts out

The Levys of Monticello
The Jewish family that owned Jefferson’s home for 89 years

Kaleidoscope
A heist with mix & match episodes

Devotion
The bond between 2 fighter pilots

Europe for fun singing & weird drama
Copenhagen Cowboy & Boomer Goes to Berlin

Kindred
A Black woman trapped in the past

Volcanoes X 2
2 flix on the subject: Fire of Love & Rescue from Whakaari

Wildcat
A doc about PTSD, ocelots & Peru by Richmonders

Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown

Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run

Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad

Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs

Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel

Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars

Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash

This Oscar-nominated producer’s new film
RVA native Michael Gottwald

The Four Seasons
Three couples vacation thru the year

The Surfer
Nicolas Cage wipes out

The Studio
Seth Rogen’s Hollywood studio satire

Havoc
Tom Hardy gets violent…again

Rust
In honor of slain DP Halyna Hutchins

The Accountant 2
Ben Affleck is back as a math savant

Leaving the weather after 41 years
Meteorologist John Bernier retires

The Shrouds
Useless sci-fi drama from David Cronenberg

On Swift Horses
Challenging romances in the 50s

A Nice Indian Boy
Not a gay rom-com but a rom-dram

G20
Viola Davis as a kick-ass POTUS

Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie
A self-created documentary

Sinners
A vampire thriller with Michael B. Jordan as twins

The 4th annual industry update
VFO Director Andy Edmunds is back

The Ballad of Wallis Island
A slighty-quirky, heart-warming indie

The Amateur
Rami Malek in a spy flick without much action