Monthly Archives: May 2022

The closing image of “We Feed People, Ron Howard’s uplifting documentary about Chef José Andrés and the righteous work he and the non-governmental-organization charity he helped found, World Central Kitchen, is a kicker, one of documentary cinema’s great story-in-a-single-shot punchlines. … Continue reading →

For those keeping score at home, I called it. Netflix getting into the Victoria Justice business was a smart play for both parties. Give her suitable, wholesome, flirty and sassy parts and she’ll deliver and Netflix will be the richer … Continue reading →

Making a better sequel did not allow the second “Downton Abbey” movie to overcome COVID depressed turnout, as “Downton Abbey: A New Era” managed a robust $18 million opening weekend, down from the first big screen treatment of the BBC/PBS … Continue reading →

Everyone’s viewing tolerance is different. Everyone has a different limit, how long she or he or we will sit through a streaming series, waiting for something — ANYthing — interesting to happen. I got three hours into the new Amazon … Continue reading →

Well, nobody’s done a genie movie in forever. And this trailer? That’s some serious eye candy.

The “Money Shot,” and that’s really the only way to describe it, in the WWII bomber drama “The War Lover” gives us something no other Steve McQueen movie dared to show. In the first B-17 mission depicted in the film, … Continue reading →

Every now and then as we travel “Around the World With Netflix,” one gets the idea that the streaming service is impacting global cinema in ways that aren’t the healthiest. Watching formulaic romantic comedies from Peru, Italy, Brazil, Germany and … Continue reading →

A tipsy drive in the North African desert, an accident and.. recriminations. McDonagh did “Calvary” and “The Guard” and is nobody’s idea of “the lesser McDonagh brother, even if his sibling did “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

Evangelos Odysseus Papathanassiou was born in Greece, sought pop stardom in Paris before his mastery of synthesizers got the attention of major film studios. As Vangelis, he scored “The Bounty,” “Blade Runner,” “1492,” “Alexander” and this film, whose opening is … Continue reading →

There are so many film and TV versions of Ip Man, the legendary Hong Kong martial arts guru who taught Bruce Lee, that it’s pointless to try and keep track of them all. So let’s not even try. Life was … Continue reading →