Monthly Archives: June 2023

Warners’ long-awaited “The Flash” made its debut to paying customers last night and rounded up a robust if not world beating $9 million or so in “preview” Thursday ticket sales. Reviews, including mine, have been on the fence, but audiences … Continue reading →

It’s not everything you could have hoped for, but for a fan, the final Indiana Jones movie tips the scale as “not bad, not bad at all.” A film with exhillerating action beats, well-cast villains, fan service in the form … Continue reading →

Oviedo, Florida can sample a different sort of Holocaust story in this fictional tale of a Jewish teen so deep into the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd and the promise of the limelight that she minimizes … Continue reading →

The exciting, clever bang-up finale to “Maggie Moore(s)” rather softens the disappointing blow that this off-key dark comedy’s first 90 minutes have delivered. I’m not saying that makes the film worth watching, but it makes this Jon Hamm and Tina … Continue reading →

Yes, a film buff can get his or her hands on every Bogart, Alan Ladd and John Garfield film noir in an economical amount of time. But it seems like there’s always another Dick Powell outing that you’ve passed-over, missed, … Continue reading →

Two-time Oscar winner, former member of Parliament, grande dame of the stage, the small screen and the big one, Glenda Jackson was one of a kind. She lived 87 years, most of them bathed in glory. Tough, flinty, a British … Continue reading →

The journey isn’t epic, and it doesn’t cover a great distance — emotionally or geographically. But Mikhaël Hers’ latest film, set entirely in the XVth arrondisement of Paris and taking place over just under ten years, shows us the little … Continue reading →

Reviews out of Cannes weren’t enthusiastic, no surprise given the age of the franchise and the advanced years of its Man of Action leading man. But this trailer is the one that sells it for me and gives me some … Continue reading →

A little one-eyed boy whose Mom works with…NORAD? The first guy you think of when aliens say, “Bring us your LEADER.”

Trying to build a lockdown drama around “What we learned” during the Pandemic — about outselves, our racial divide, our “privilege” and our empathy — would be a daunting task for anybody. As yet, virtually no one’s quite gotten their … Continue reading →