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I know I’m late to the dance regarding my review of the documentary SUMMER OF SOUL, but I am here to sing, dance, and extoll its virtues as the feel-good movie of the summer. I was smiling the [...]

It has been said that a cynic is merely an idealist who’s been repeatedly burned. That could be apropos for celebrity chef and television host Anthony Bourdain. And in ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT [...]

Rita Moreno’s fascinating life of 89 years has been so full of work, acclaim, love, barrier-breaking, and longevity, it probably deserves a limited series more than a documentary. Still, if [...]

Rose Byrne is an actress who seems capable of playing any kind of role. She was dead serious in the run of the TV series DAMAGES. She stood toe to toe comedically with the estimable Kristen Wiig [...]

Chalk up another success for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the premiere of LOKI, their latest limited series that just started on Disney+. Starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson, the [...]

Disney has already reimagined the seminal villainess Cruella DeVil once before with a 1996 live-action version of 101 DALMATIANS starring Glenn Close. Now, the character who terrorized all those [...]

Rare is the vampire film that finds sympathy for all the characters involved. Most filmmakers tackling frighteners are content to portray vampires as little more than seething fiends, but not [...]

The late playwright Wendy Wasserstein said that the mistake women made moving into CEO roles is that they imitated men. Rather than rely on their own personalities and instincts, too many tried [...]

There’s nothing wrong with Bond or Bourne, but the stakes in those spy franchises are always artificial as you know the hero is never going to die. That’s not true in THE COURIER. Unless you know [...]

In the new film THE FATHER, now in theaters and premiering on VOD March 26, Florian Zeller has made an auspicious film debut by adapting his award-winning play for the screen. The Frenchman is [...]