Daily Archives: June 25, 2023

We were prepped for Robert Duvall’s Big Moment for a decade before it happened. From “The Godfather” (1972) through “Network” (1976), “The Great Santini” (1979), “Apocalypse Now” (1979) and “True Confessions” (1981), people who knew acting and film scholars with … Continue reading →

If a “twee” falls in the woods, would anyone hear it? “Asteroid City” is the latest from the Tsar of Twee, Wes Anderson. It’s an all-star, pull-out-all-the-stops “comedy” that wrestles existentialism, Group Theatre, “The Twilight Zone,” 1950s paranoia and 1950s … Continue reading →

Dreamworks cleverly timed the release of “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken,” to follow Disney’s live action “Little Mermaid” remake into theaters and into the hearts of parents and children everywhere. OK, maybe not. A movie in which mermaids are vain, murderously … Continue reading →