Derrick Bang on Film: Happiest Season: Romantic holiday angst
Some people approach the holidays with far too much emphasis on expectation — everything must be just so, and God forbid any little detail goes awry — rather than simply...
Derrick Bang on Film: Wild Mountain Thyme: A charming romantic fable
Lovers of British whimsy likely will embrace this leisurely romantic comedy — available via video-on-demand — which takes an Irish approach to the conventional formula. Rosemary (Emily Blunt) has loved Anthony...
Derrick Bang on Film: Palm Springs: A cheeky nightmare
Palm Springs (2020) • View trailer Four stars. Rated R, for sexual content, brief violence, drug use and relentless profanityBy Derrick Bang • Originally published in The Davis Enterprise, 7.31.20 Some films shouldn’t be discussed ahead of...
Dare to Dream — Rather overstuffed
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020) • View trailer Three stars. Rated PG, for no particular reasonBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.14.20 I’m always wary of films that open in the celestial...
Derrick Bang on Film: Always Be My Maybe: No doubts here!
Always Be My Maybe (2019) • View trailer 3.5 stars. Rated PG-13, for sexual candor, drug use and brief profanityBy Derrick Bang • Originally published in The Davis Enterprise, 4.24.20 Much the way the Hallmark Channel has...
Got to get it into our lives!
Yesterday (2019) • View trailer Four stars. Rated PG-13, and too harshly, for fleeting profanity and mildly suggestive contentBy Derrick Bang Richard Curtis isn’t just wildly imaginative; he writes the sharpest flirty and snarky...