A mother, Victoria, is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Chuck says: I recently wrote a review in which I noted that sometimes good actors make bad movies. For the most part, I […]

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday? I have a hard time remembering when my feelings for a film fluctuated as much as they did while watching Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ “Monday,” a love story, sex romp, domestic drama hybrid that – […]

A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter. Chuck says: Vaughn Stein’s Every Breath You Take is a film of the most frustrating sort, a movie that sports a talented cast and begins with an interesting premise, only to fall apart right […]

A teenager discovers the world of urban horseback riding when he moves in with his estranged father in North Philadelphia. Chuck says:   Sadly, Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy has an all too familiar ring to it, as it recounts the story of an angry young, African-American man, his estranged father and the temptation of the […]