Movie Reviews

Six years after her most recent role in her son Edoardo Ponti’s film “Human Voice,” fabled actress Sophia Loren returns to the screen in “The Life Ahead” (Netflix).

“The more he studied, the more vistas he caught of fields of knowledge yet unexplored, and the regret that days were only twenty-four hours long became a chronic complaint with him.”

The drama “Let Him Go” (Focus), writer-director Thomas Bezucha’s adaptation of Larry Watson’s 2013 novel, showcases a successful, if sometimes tense, marriage.

Roald Dahl’s eponymous 1983 novel, first brought to the big screen in a 1990 film helmed by Nicolas Roeg, gets a spirited second adaptation with “The Witches” (HBO Max).

If the monster movie “Come Play” (Focus) is only reasonably effective in frightening its audience, it is at least refreshingly free of objectionable material, including gore.

“Understated in its approach and mature in its values, the low-key comedy ‘On the Rocks’ is an amiable enterprise suitable for a grown audience.”

“Fishbowl” (Gravitas Ventures) deals with a grieving family and the obsession with the end of the world.

If nothing else, the sequel “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon) has consistency on its side.