editor’s note: I feel it essential to state before this review is read that I was under the weather for the screening and while I still believe my take on the movie to be accurate (or I wouldn’t publish it),… Read More ›
As the credits started to roll on “Uncut Gems,” the new Adam Sandler film written and directed by the Safdie brothers (Ronald Bronstein also has a writing credit), I checked my pulse. That is not hyperbole. My watch monitors my… Read More ›
Read any critic long enough and you’ll notice that they have certain hobby horses. They will tell you over and over again about how various movies fail or succeed at something that they find particularly interesting, or regularly return to… Read More ›
Nicolas Cage appears in a lot of movies and while they are sometimes here-and-gone affairs, the actor regularly brings an intensity to his roles that makes them highly watchable. This intensity is certainly present in his latest film, “Grand Isle.”… Read More ›
The goal of the technological breakthrough in “The Fly” movies is to make the world smaller and better… which is awfully similar to the goal of social media. Of course, in both instances things go horribly awry, don’t they? People… Read More ›
Getting that first screenplay produced has to be an incredibly heady experience, but not one without any number of stressors as well. Today, Iver William Jallah comes by the podcast to talk about “Grand Isle,” his first produced screenplay, which… Read More ›
Out on DVD today is “Official Secrets.” The movie deals with a whistleblower in England in the run-up to George W. Bush’s Iraq War. Starring Keira Knightley, this isn’t just a well told tale, it’s one that has tons of… Read More ›
In an unusual turn of events, I was able to see Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” more than once prior to release. There first time through, I was, for a time, slightly disappointed. That disappointment was not in evidence during the… Read More ›
The new Chadwick Boseman film, “21 Bridges,” takes its name from the 21 bridges that lead on/off the island of Manhattan. The basic notion of the film is that an NYPD detective, Andre Davis (Boseman), is tasked with finding robbers… Read More ›
For better or worse, Netflix’s new movie, “The Knight Before Christmas” is exactly as advertised. Directed by Monika Mitchell with a screenplay by Cara Russell, this is an extremely low-stakes tale of a single woman in 2019 Ohio falling in… Read More ›
Watching “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” one inescapable truth came to the fore: I am a cynical human being. Technically I knew this before I sat down to watch this inspired-by-reality tale of Mr. Rogers’ influence on the life… Read More ›
