We are going to get a whole lot of movies about Covid. It is inevitable. They are going to discuss the disease and the response, the effects on the world at large and specific people in particular. These movies are… Read More ›
Month: August 2021
Movie Review: “The Protégé”
“Understated” is unquestionably the wrong word to use when describing Martin Campbell’s latest film, “The Protégé.” No, this is a movie with blood and violence and foul language. It is not understated. And yet, the most interesting thing about the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Magnificent Meyersons”
There is a brilliant moment in writer-director Evan Oppenheimer’s “The Magnificent Meyersons” in which Dr. Terri Meyerson (Kate Mulgrew) is talking to her mother, Celeste (Barbara Barrie), and suggests that we are all the sum of our experiences, whether we… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Risen” (2021)
I think that 2016’s “Arrival” and 2018’s “Annihilation” are two of the best “thinking” sci-fi/alien movies that we’ve gotten in a long while. These are movies that make you question what you’re seeing; they’re movies that make you instantly want… Read More ›
“Luca,” “Profile,” and Being Happy in your own Skin
We are better when we can be ourselves and have confidence in the knowledge that those around us will accept us as such. One needs look no further than Disney-Pixar’s “Luca” to see just how much it means to be… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars”
It is one thing to be angry and quite another to see that anger manifest itself in a sensible—and potentially productive—way. The same is true for any emotion. Of course, try as we might, we can’t always control the ways… Read More ›
“The Stairs” Offers up a Path to Highs and Lows
Mysteries are great. Suspense and scares are great. There is no reason why every little thing happening in a film has to be explained. There is no reason why we have to understand exactly how the horror in a horror… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Suicide Squad”
It would be wrong to think that James Gunn has taken, wholesale, his work on the two “Guardians of the Galaxy” Marvel movies and simply moved the concepts over to DC for their “Suicide Squad” sequel, “The Suicide Squad” (yes,… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Naked Singularity”
Movies don’t always have to make complete sense. The question is whether or not as we watch them we understand enough of what’s going on to enjoy them; whether there’s enough there to make us want to watch the entire… Read More ›
“Lasso” is More
Listen, I’m not going to lie to you — I took last week off from the podcast. It’s the summer, I’m allowed to take a week off. Odds are, honestly, that I’m going to take another week off before the… Read More ›
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