Monthly Archives: December 2020

Kind of takes away what made them special, to be honest. Story looks seriously “meh” too, but we will see.

The only fair way to approach “After We Collided,” the sexed-up sequel to the romance novel adaptation “After,” is on its own terms with its intended audience in mind. If you’ve any attention to Netflix’s selection of self-produced or acquired … Continue reading →

The archetypal camp and iconic macho of Sergio Leone’s 1960s and ’70s classics dominate any discussion of “Spaghetti Westerns.” But leaving out rival Sergio Corbucci’s is not something Quentin Tarantino, for one, takes sitting down. Corbucci’s “Django” and the downbeat … Continue reading →

A serious story, seriously Oscar-studded cast and a serious director (John Lee Hancock of “Blindside”). This Warner Brothers release probably would play as well on your great home HDTV at home, which is where you will most likely see it.

The daft, stylized and quasi-surreal comedy of “Eagle vs. Shark” and “What We Do in the Shadows” may have made Taika Waititi’s reputation in his native New Zealand and at film festivals far and wide. But the sweet, goofy and … Continue reading →

Who’s a good boo boo dog? Who?

It is time? Can we say this now, after his disastrously-off “Catch-22” on TV, his satiric misfire “Suburbicon” and the sentimental slog of “Monuments Men?” Behind the camera, the magic that was George Clooney most definitely was George Clooney, at … Continue reading →

Whatever Oscar dreams Netflix has for “Mank” (meh) or “Da’ Five Bloods” (You’re kidding, right?), they’re pulling out all the stops for George C. Wolfe’s film of August Wilson’s most accessible play. There’s a doc on the making of the … Continue reading →

“Wildlife” feels like the sort of movie Paul Dano would have begged to star in back in his teens. The “There Will Be Blood” co-star’s adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel captures a marriage falling apart and a doted-on, confided with … Continue reading →