‘American Gigolo’ gets a modern makeover, but this call isn’t worth answering

By:
On:
In: Entertainment

Once you get past the familiar strains of Blondie’s “Call Me” over the opening credits, the message from “American Gigolo” isn’t worth answering. It is, rather, a misguided and distasteful reboot, seeking to tease the movie’s premise into a larger mystery. Jon Bernthal struts his stuff as the escort trying to get his laugh back, but this ’80s artifact should have been left in the time capsule.Continue Reading

‘Cobra Kai’ hasn’t lost its kick as it keeps ‘Karate Kid’-ing around

By:
On:
In: Entertainment

Crossing the streams with its sequels, the fifth season of “Cobra Kai” features heavy dollops of the second and third “The Karate Kid” movies while continue to carve out its own next-generation melodrama, all in extraordinarily nimble fashion. While it’s not the best series on TV (OK, Netflix), there should be some kind of prize for the best revival culled from limited source material.Continue Reading

‘Pinocchio’ transforms the little puppet made of wood into a film that’s not so good

By:
On:
In: Entertainment

Even taking it as a given that Disney’s animated classics will certainly all receive live-action makeovers eventually, “Pinocchio” feels like an unnecessary exercise — a movie so flat that it never sparks to life, and barely seems as if it’s making the leap in to a different medium. Ben Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis’ re-union should be a source of curiosity, but their little puppet made of wood is in a movie that’s not so good.Continue Reading