Monthly Archives: December 2019

He isn’t driving spikes into railroad ties these days. But “John Henry” is still toting that hammer. And he’s about to go all Terry Crews on Ludacris and the bad guys of The Hood. “John Henry” is headed our way … Continue reading →

The ears wiggle, the tails twitch and twirl and the actors costumed and digitally furred thusly as cat-sized. And the Internet has been pounding the look of “Cats” since the first trailer dropped last summer. Reviews — on the younger-skewing, … Continue reading →

Did you see the Swedish film “Force Majuere” a few years back? It was a dark DARK comedy about a family falling to pieces on a Swiss ski trip thanks to the husband’s failing the most basic “man test” of … Continue reading →

Heavens, the venom hurled at “Cats,” one of the first big “tourist attraction” musicals, finally brought to the big screen and with a star-studded cast, no less. Long-planned, long-thought unfilmable, a hodgepodge of songs and feline choreography and feelings attached … Continue reading →

All the opening weekend projections for the “last” film in the latest “Star Wars” have been in the $170 million range. With the film slightly underperforming compared to “Last Jedi” Thursday night, that seems reasonable. $45 million was “Jedi” managed, … Continue reading →

It ends just as predictably as it began, a trilogy of “Star Wars” movies built on George Lucas’s Greatest Hits. J.J. Abrams produced three of the biggest blockbusters in screen history, and with “The Rise of Skywalker,” directed two of … Continue reading →

A teen pregnancy drama coming this March looks promising.

An agoraphobia thriller in the “Rear Window” mold? Intrigued.

Big break for Denzel’s son.

Howard Ratner is the kind of irritant that never lets up, never allows you a moment’s relief. The constant tirades on the phone, shamelessly ranted out in public, the empty threats, the impulse-control explosions of profanity in inappropriate places, the … Continue reading →