Daily Archives: July 12, 2018

You know, just with kids and no “name” actors at all, no tangible presence of R.L. Stine, and lots and lots of effects? From the looks of this, nah. October 12 may prove me wrong, but comic movie stars make … Continue reading →

This is dazzling, real Elizabethan eye candy. This latest “Mary, Queen of Scots” promises a more feminist, “what we have in common” spin on this bloody, sibling rivalry. Yes, they cross that line. But scheming menfolk had a hand in … Continue reading →

“The Skin of the Wolf” is a wilderness battle-of-wills set in the stunning heights of the Spanish Pyrenees, a fur-covered mountain man used to getting his way confronted by a woman who takes his measure. It’s more striking to look … Continue reading →

Kind of “Bulworth” in feel, this trailer is about a rich “hack” author (Gabriel Byrne), not content with his Hollywood rights deals (Bob Balaban is his cynical agent) who thinks “authenticity” is a young actress/performance artist who doesn’t sell-out/compromise or … Continue reading →

The most famous “Big Eyes” case in literary history, an artist whose husband claimed credit for her work, was the French novelist Colette, who wrote the novella that the musical “Gigi” is based on, the novel that the Michelle Pfeiffer … Continue reading →

She wants to get into Harvard, more than life itself. He’s hellbent on Yale, come hell or high water. Hemlock Prep classmates Bennett (Jacob Lattimore of “The Maze Runner” and “Detroit”) and Lona (Sami Gayle of TV’s “Blue Bloods”) long … Continue reading →

The dizzying, twisted satire of work in post “Black Lives Matter” America that is “Sorry to Bother You” comes close to taking your breath away during its first 40 giddy minutes. It’s no shock that the jokes about the gig … Continue reading →