Monthly Archives: April 2017

A charitable view of the cutesy remake of 1979’s codger caper comedy “Going in Style” is that old age and the way we look at it have changed over the decades. When three frail, lonely old men — Art Carney, … Continue reading →

  There may be more accomplished, more famous “rock” photographers than Mick Rock. But none were born with that perfect and instantly-memorable name. And few could match his stories, gathered from his insider, embedded background in the glam, punk and … Continue reading →

We can imagine greater horrors than anything most movie makers can conjure up visually. It’s the unseen unknown that truly terrifies. And for about 25 minutes, “The Void” lives up to that credo and the promise of its title. We … Continue reading →

Those sexist eunuchs that warped a generation discover “The Future is Female” in “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” a Neil Patrick Harris-free reboot of this insipid franchise. There’s no live-action, Smurfs-in-the-Real-World element to the first Smurfs movie since 2013, just polished … Continue reading →

Any  honest, accurate sequel to “Trainspotting,” the 1996 film based on Irvine Welsh’s flinty-funny novel about heroin addiction, love, hijinks and capers going wrong in Edinburgh, would have to be even more littered with corpses than the original. Twenty years … Continue reading →

Animation, if you do it right, is still the surest way to a blockbuster in Hollywood. Dreamworks’ “The Boss Baby” wasn’t to every taste — the very definition of a film earning “mixed reviews” (50% Metacritic), I found the grownup … Continue reading →