Yearly Archives: 2023

In magazine articles, non-fiction books and novels, Tom Wolfe coined era-defining phrases like “The Me Decade,” “Radical Chic” and “The Right Stuff.” A “helluva reporter” and a master stylist, the courtly, dapper Richmond-born Wolfe underscored his legacy when he started … Continue reading →

The Alabama troubadour who discovered “Margaritaville” has died. Jimmy Buffett, a singer-songwriter who popularized “Floridays,” a tipsy laid back beachside Florida lifestyle, who put Key West back on the map and who parlayed a musical fanbase into a “Latitudes” and … Continue reading →

The last weekend of summer is turning out to be a big one for Denzel Washington’s farewell to the “Equalizer” franchise, and for his reunion with Dakota Fanning, his 2004 “Man on Fire” co-star, now all grown up and playing … Continue reading →

A film bathed in fog and Medieval earth tones, “The Name of the Rose” is an M.C. Escher labyrinth populated with Hieronymous Bosch grotesques. It’s a throwback epic of the quasi-Biblical school, the “El Cid” of the ’80s — grand, … Continue reading →

Two affable exes, trapped in a closed airport in a blizzard. It’s a talky “grown up” romance aiming for a “Harry Met Sally” vibe. Good to see Meg again, and Duchovny still “out there.” Bleecker Street has it, so who … Continue reading →

Another car company and its “driven” founder tale, this one about the dancing pony of Italian high-end motoring. Oscar winner Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley co-star in this Christmas release. Did I mention it’s a MICHAEL MANN FILM? That’s the … Continue reading →

Rosamund Pike, Jacob Elordi, Richard E. Grant and Alison Oliver also star in this dreamy drift into a summer of decadence and corruption. Carey Mulligan is listed on IMDb as being in it, but not in this trailer or its … Continue reading →

Is “Choose Love” “inane,” “insipid” or merely an “innocuous” attempt to make the cinematic romantic comedy a viewer’s choice “will they or won’t they” experience? It’s “interactive cinema,” you know. So click on one of the selection of choices that … Continue reading →

Something about the way Denzel Washington‘s Robert McCall lays his cane across his shoulders and drapes both hands over it tells us that he’s sized up a new threat, that he’s recovered from the Sicilian bullet wound that has him … Continue reading →

Didya love “Black Dynamite?” Didya MISS it? Get on that, wouldya? I loved it. And this has “Black Dynamite” blaxploitation Western energy, and we know Mr. White’s gift for deadly deadpan. Michael Jai White wrote, directed and stars in “Outlaw … Continue reading →