About halfway through the New York Film Festival screening of “A Long Day’s Journey into Night,” I put on my 3D glasses. No, I hadn’t arrived late for the show, the glasses hadn’t fallen off my head, nor did I… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Night School” (2018)
The new Kevin Hart-Tiffany Haddish comedy, “Night School,” is carefully calculated to create laughs, and it succeeds. Laughs are plentiful in the film. But, they are also cheap and unmemorable. More than anything else, “Night School” feels like an amusing,… Read More ›
New York Film Festival Review: “Non-Fiction”
Written and directed by Oliver Assayas and showing at this year’s New York Film Festival, “Non-Fiction” is a wonderfully funny, smart, bit of filmmaking. It is a movie able to offer snippets of life and some wonderful thoughts on the… Read More ›
New York Film Festival 2018 Review: “Wildlife”
There is a certain level of craftsmanship to “Wildlife,” which is showing at this year’s New York Film Festival. The movie takes place in 1960 Montana and focuses on the Brinson family. Father, Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal); Mother, Jeanette (Carey Mulligan);… Read More ›
New York Film Festival 2018 Review: “Her Smell”
The story of the rock star who, due to drugs and alcohol, falls from grace is certainly nothing new. The fact that it has been done before, however, doesn’t stop the incredible impact of writer-director Alex Ross Perry’s “Her Smell,”… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Tea with the Dames”
Roger Ebert said (or, perhaps, wrote), “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” Knowing that, please also know that I lament the fact that “Tea with the Dames” barely cracks 80 minutes. Directed by Roger… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Final Score”
Movies featuring terrorist plots, necessarily, require a place for said plot to unfold. As in real life, the bigger and more scary the potential disaster, the more panic that can be created amongst the crowds within the film, the higher… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Predator”
What does a “Predator” movie look like when the Predator is all too often irrelevant to the proceedings? Well, you can see for yourself on Friday with the release of the Shane Black directed “The Predator.” To be sure, that… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Peppermint” (2018)
Jennifer Garner’s abilities as an action hero have been known to the public since she first starred on “Alias” more than 15 years ago. Watching her return to a role that requires that sort of physicality is unquestionably the best… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Let the Corpses Tan”
It is easy to understand the basic story outline for “Let the Corpses Tan,” a French language film opening in select cities this week. It is an armored car heist gone bad sort of affair. Or, more accurately, the heist… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Happytime Murders”
In “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” Kermit the Frog gets amnesia. Not remembering who he is, Kermit creates a new identity, Phillip Phil, and he enters the world of advertising where he comes up with the unique idea to simply tell… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Support the Girls”
Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, “Support the Girls” largely takes place in a Hooters-esque establishment. That is, the waitresses are scantily clad and the majority of people who dine there, the supposition goes, are there to ogle the women,… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mile 22”
Director Peter Berg is an absolute wonder with his filming of action sequences. They become almost living things, causing the viewer’s heart to race and adrenaline to surge. They are bloody and brutal and even when something over the top… Read More ›
Movie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”
Stories told about the past often have subtle, or not so subtle, messages for the present. This is certainly true of Spike Lee’s latest joint, “BlacKkKlansman.” Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” is… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Like Father”
Before I in any way discuss the new Netflix film “Like Father,” I must state that I do not like the Royal Caribbean cruise line. Without getting into specifics, I had a series of unsatisfactory interactions with them in the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Darkest Minds”
In one of the worst moments of “The Darkest Minds,” a film which is on the whole pretty dismal, the lead male teen, Liam, asks the lead female teen, Ruby, to dance. Ruby says no and rather than taking that… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Spy who Dumped me”
I have previously suggested that Kate McKinnon is a national treasure and that it is only a matter of time before the country, as a whole, recognizes as much (perhaps others have said this too, but I know that I… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Teen Titans Go! To The Movies”
Roughly at the point where baby Kal-El’s bare bottom hits the screen, “Teen Titans Go! To The Movies” will have convinced you of its own cleverness. Directed by Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath with a script from Michael Jelenic… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Skyscraper”
There are few actors out there today whose personalities are as magnetic as that of Dwayne Johnson. Forget the muscles, the man can just about carry a film based upon the wattage of his smile. Give Johnson a good script… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”
I was, you will know if you read the review, not a fan of “Hotel Transylvania 2.” I thought the message was an awful, disgusting, one. For this third film in the franchise, “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” still directed… Read More ›
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