'Coffee & Kareem': Film Review

A teenage murder case recently relitigated on social media is sympathetically traced in Daniel H. Birnam's urgently felt Netflix doc.

"How long do you think we humans have?" asks filmmaker Jeff Gibbs to a series of random people at the beginning of his environmental-themed documentary, Planet of the Humans. That the question has since taken on a particularly sinister edge in the wake of COVID-19 is but one of the many ironies of the film made available for free on YouTube for 30 days, courtesy of executive producer Michael Moore.

A native of the place strangers call Easter Island amplifies a call for self-rescue in Eating Up Easter, Sergio M. Rapu's eco-themed documentary.

The 'Avengers: Endgame' producers tapped their stunt supervisor to direct a stock action script, relying on his ingenuity — and Chris Hemsworth’s commitment — to make it feel fresh.

[Note: In the wake ofthe Tribeca festival's postponement this year,The Hollywood Reporteris reviewing select entries that elected to premiere digitally.] For Dee's Tots Daycare in New Rochelle, New York, that last word in the mom-and-pop enterprise's name is a misnomer, or at least an understatement. The business of teaching, entertaining, feeding and straight-up loving a houseful of children who range from infants to tweens isn't limited to the daytime; it's a 24-hour operation.

Cluttered and downbeat but illuminating, this Michael Moore-produced environmental documentary looks at the "green power" movement and sees red.

Writer-directors Brett and Drew Pierce (billed as The Pierce Brothers) know exactly what they're doing in the creepy prologue to The Wretched, which unfolds 35 years ago as the camera crawls around a lawn on which old-school kids' toys — a knitted bunny, crayons, model cars, an Etch-a-Sketch, a Rubik's Cube — lie abandoned in the rain. Inside the house, a babysitter arrives to find the flowers wilted and the mother of a young family busy committing a gruesome act in the basement.

[Note: In the wake ofthe Tribeca Film Festival's postponement this year,The Hollywood Reporteris reviewing select entries that elected to premiere digitally.] An alumna of the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence program who has earned attention with her short films, Israeli writer-director Ruthy Pribar makes an assured feature debut, balancing sobriety with emotional intensity in Asia.

Spike Jonze directs a film version of the Beastie Boys' 2019 stage-show memoir, in which Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond prove themselves infectious raconteurs of their white-kid-turned-king-of-rock hip-hop saga.

Netflix releases a delightful, sugar-rush animated feature for families about an extremely dysfunctional family, one in which the kids conspired to orphan themselves.

Chris Hemsworth is taking over Netflix this month. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but he does have a new action movie coming to the streaming service on Friday, April 24, and it looks like a doozy. Extraction, directed by Sam Hargrave, stars Hemsworth as a black market mercenary who's hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an international crime boss.

Butt Boy

Coffee and Kareem review: It’s safe to say that I approached the new Netflix original Coffee & Kareem with extreme caution. The movie came across as another generic kid and cop buddy movie in its promotional material, but there’s much more to this entertaining and often hilarious streaming original, including a brilliant performance from its young star Terrence Little Gardenhigh, GLOW star Betty Gilpin, the extremely talented Taraji P. Henson, and the always reliable Ed Helms.

A foul-mouthed kid and a cop make a perfect movie duo.

Your enjoyment of the new Netflix comedy “ Coffee & Kareem ” may depend on whether or not you find insanely vulgar middle schoolers funny. It’s not just cursing either. Oh no, this is a whole symphony of vulgarity that would make Seth Rogen blush.

I once attended a friend's birthday party and his mom, a chef, produced her much heralded triple chocolate cake. I took a bite and wow, it was deep and rich and flavorful, and I showered her with praise. I took a second and third bite and then I experienced something very unusual. I was unable to finish dessert. The piece of cake was a reasonable size, but it was so dense that it eventually became unbearable.

Sure, the premise is puerile, but the humor is decidedly inappropriate for young viewers in this Netflix action comedy pairing Ed Helms with a 12-year-old.

Chris Hemsworth is taking over Netflix this month. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but he does have a new action movie coming to the streaming service on Friday, April 24, and it sounds like a doozy. Extraction, directed by Sam Hargrave, stars Hemsworth as a black market mercenary who's hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an international crime boss.

A juvenile gag that just might have been funny as a minute-long entry in its makers' online filmography —other short works include Nip Slip and Saint Dick — Tyler Cornack's Butt Boy imagines the crime spree that ensues when a man's newly discovered appreciation for prostate massage goes absurdly awry. Soon, bars of soap and TV remotes aren't enough, and he's doing naughty things only dreamed of in Eddie Murphy's 1982 song "Boogie in Your Butt.

As everyone has resorted to the lockdown rules and obliged with the directives of self-quarantine, now is the time to binge-watch some amazing movies and shows that will be streaming on Netflix in April 2020. The streaming platform is all set to witness the premiere of a whole lot of new series that is sure to keep the audiences hooked. Some of the new stuff that will be making their debut this month include Brews Brothers, Outerbanks, Never Have I Ever and #BlackAF.