Monthly Archives: July 2023

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is a movie of its moment, a brilliant bauble of female empowerment, scathing satire and genuine wit. That “war on women” that is eating up so much of America’s bandwidth right now takes it in the gonads … Continue reading →

The “Beanie Baby Craze” of the 1990s silenced anybody who ever had a laugh when learning of the “Tulip Fever” that gripped Dutch collectors, investors and ordinary folk in 17th century Holland. And no movie about the Clinton Era plush … Continue reading →

For some reason, a Childersburg Alabama rescue squad member told a local TV affiliate in BFE, Alabama that a “TikTok Challenge” involving teens leaping off the back of speeding motorboats has killed four kids this year and that this was … Continue reading →

Winter Park, Florida ready for a (preview) fright because they know if it’s an A24 horror release, it’ll be smart. (Updated: A link to my review of “Talk to Me” is here.)

John Sweet’s not a name you think of when you remember the great actors, or even the lesser ones of Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was a Minneapolis schoolteacher turned sergeant in the Army, training in Great Britain to liberate Europe … Continue reading →

Christopher Nolan turns his considerable talents back to World War II era history for “Oppenheimer,” a biography that plumbs the genius, foibles and moral and ethical dilemmas faced by “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.” It’s an all-star revisiting of … Continue reading →

A cynical, snarky semi-musical about womanhood and marriage from the Latvian director of “Rocks in my Pockets. Oct. 6.

It begins all conjunto cute and jaunty and finishes with a banda band flourish. But it’s the dull, cluttered and formulaic middle acts that let down “The (Almost) Legends,” a tale of half-brothers and a Mexican band/Mexican road rally racing … Continue reading →

No “Minions,” but birds in flight. And a family having relationship and “vacation” issues. Looks good, vegetarian and “green.” Dec. 22.

Disney Springs AMC. Here we go. The only way to see this. My review is here.