It is possible that in my preparation for reviewing “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” I made a mistake. That is, it ought not have been an error, but it certainly hampered my enjoyment of the sequel to the 2015 version… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
The original “Jurassic Park” features a series of discussions weighing the benefits and problems of having created dinosaurs in our present world. It clearly comes down against the scientific act, but it at least goes in for a discussion of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Ocean’s 8”
The new “Ocean’s 8,” which features a female-centric cast, is most definitely a part of the same universe as the three films directed by Steven Soderbergh. We know this because Sandra Bullock’s Debbie Ocean acknowledges that George Clooney’s Danny Ocean was… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Hotel Artemis”
A lot of movies (for that matter a lot of television shows and books as well) make promises. Sometimes these promises are implied, not explicit, but they exist nonetheless. At the outset of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” we are… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
As with so many children, when I was young I watched “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Who doesn’t remember him putting on his sweater and changing his shoes as he came in at the start of every episode. I was always a little confused… Read More ›
Movie Review: “American Animals”
There is some distinctly different about “American Animals,” the new movie from writer-director Bart Layton. Where the film, which is the based on the true story of four college students who formulate a plan to steal valuable books from an… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mary Shelley”
We all like to have explanations, to understand where people are coming from. This is certainly the case with a biopic – they afford the opportunity to get to know, even if in fictionalized fashion, how an author came up… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Deadpool 2”
At the outset of the first “Deadpool” movie we are promised that it is a story of love. And so it is. In similar fashion “Deadpool 2” promises us it is a story of family. And so it is… kind of…. Read More ›
“Grease” is the Word… or is it?
For its 40th anniversary, “Grease” has gotten a pretty spiffy new Blu-ray edition. The real question though is whether or this classic movie musical is something best relegated to the dustbin of history or if it is still as slick… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”
Even if it doesn’t entirely succeed, there is something admirable about Ashley Bell’s documentary, “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story.” The piece follows Bell who is accompanying elephant rescuers in Thailand as they attempt to move an ill elephant 500 miles… Read More ›
Movie Review: “I Feel Pretty”
Written and directed by Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein, Amy Schumer’s latest vehicle, “I Feel Pretty,” has all the appearances of a comedy intended to have a message. The trouble with the movie is that after watching it, it’s impossible… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare”
Imagine, if you will, a bunch of drunken college seniors, down in Mexico for spring break, ready to party one last time before the “real world” descends upon them. There is liquor. There is debauchery. There is infighting. There is more… Read More ›
Not a Movie Review: “Borg vs. McEnroe”
“You cannot be serious! That ball was on the line! Chalk flew up!” Back in 2004, I used to hear John McEnroe yell that day after day after day and now, 14 years later, I can still hear it in my… Read More ›
Movie Review: “A Quiet Place” (2018)
In its best moments, writer-director-executive producer-star John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” is not just a terrifying story of monsters who kill anything they hear, but the smaller story of a family just struggling to survive. It is a movie concerned… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Blockers”
Is it possible to make a raunchy teenage sex comedy today, one that focuses on a diversity of opinions and backgrounds and sexual orientations, one that has fun with the genre, one that notes the double standards while still centering… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Ready Player One”
I will say right up front that I have two very distinct sets of feelings about “Ready Player One.” The first of these notes how much fun it is to sit there and point out each and every visual in the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Isle of Dogs”
Wes Anderson is a filmmaker truly adept at crafting an image. Every frame feels carefully composed, every camera angle considered. Watching a Wes Anderson film one gets the sense that they are truly witnessing his vision on screen and a story… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Gringo” (2018)
It would be very easy to nitpick “Gringo,” the new comedy directed by Nash Edgerton with a script from Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone. After all, plenty of scenes don’t work, there are more coincidences than one can shake a… Read More ›
Movie Review: “War for the Planet of the Apes”
At one point during “War for the Planet of the Apes,” the audience watches as a Colonel (Woody Harrelson) and his troops listen to a poor recording of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The troops go from standing in formation over to… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Wonder Woman” (2017)
For whatever reason, when many movies hire an attractive woman to play a “mousy” character, the actress wears glasses as though a pair of glasses will hide one’s beauty. It is a silly trope that has been seen time and… Read More ›
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