Paper Flowers (2024)
Bland ‘Paper Flowers’ is an empty garden Cancer is never funny, but movies about it sure can be, even unintentionally so, such as the insipid wannabe weeper “Paper Flowers.” It produces more corn than the entire state of Iowa in canonizing a selfless martyr not seen since the days of Sister Teresa. I’m […]
How to Divorce During a War
Tepid ‘How to Divorce’ is a split decision Perhaps it’s due to my analytical ASD brain, but I struggled to understand how the breakup of a married couple in Lithuania parallels Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Heck, it’s not even the same country being violated. Nor does it even border it. Besides, Lithuania is protected […]
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
Lumbering ‘Tree’ is all bark, no wood Tomatoes play a major role in Ben Gregor’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved “The Magic Faraway Tree,” but, alas, they all go splat. Well, not entirely. The colorful costumes and imaginative production design are ripe for praise, but Simon Farnaby’s script too often veers toward the rotten. […]