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For centuries, people have been trying to ascertain certainties about God, the Universe, and why we’ve all been plopped down here on Planet Earth. Many of those same queries sear through the new [...]

Celine Song is a writer/director I want to see a film from every year. Her films may be modestly budgeted and somewhat niche, but her storytelling ability, technical acumen, and ability with [...]

It has become popular of late to criticize writer/director Wes Anderson for his predilection for balanced framing, deadpan delivery by his cast of all-stars, and stories that are as odd as the [...]

Remember in SUPERMAN (1978) when Lex Luthor described how “some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it’s a simple adventure story” whereas others can “read the ingredients on a [...]

As a film critic and fan, I am often asked who my favorite movie stars are. When I say Natalie Wood is my favorite actress, most folks immediately exclaim, “Oh! She drowned, right?” and I cringe. [...]

Critics and audiences may be taken by the hooey that is BRING HER BACK, but it’s a poseur of a film, one that ignores its own internal logic and the logic of the real world, for that matter. It’s [...]

I’m on the record stating that for my money, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is the best movie franchise because there isn’t a dog in the bunch (https://bit.ly/47gogF2). That cannot be said of [...]

If you only have heard the name David Frost associated with the award-winning play & film FROST/NIXON, you need to see the new MSNBC six-part documentary series DAVID FROST VS. airing on [...]

FIGHT OR FLIGHT is a movie for audiences who thought BULLET TRAIN was too demure. Director James Madigan, who transitioned from heading up second units to helming the whole shebang, knows action [...]

The first rule for actors in a comedy? Don’t act like you’re in a comedy. That simple advice is lost on the cast in ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR. They run around, bellowing every utterance, [...]