Daily Archives: December 4, 2023

A new tale, an interesting new cast and songs from the stage production give this holiday release the Big Christmas Musical spotlight this year. I never saw the original Broadway production back on the 2000s, haven’t read the book or … Continue reading →

“Our Son” is a child care/child custody soap opera about married gay couple who divorce and then fight over who gets primary custody of their son. It’s a sensitively-mounted drama that bears more than a passing resemblence to “Kramer vs. … Continue reading →

Hungary’s bid for Best International Feature Oscar is a lovely and poignant animated environmental parable built on Native American mythology. Director and co-writer Áron Gauder’s “Four Souls of Coyote” would also seem like a natural contender in a very weak … Continue reading →

Next year, the current state of the art of Godzilla CGI design teams up with the latest update of King Kong. A few actors are on board, too — Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Brian Tyree Henry.

My favorite Neil Simon play is probably “God’s Favorite,” a broad comic riff on a man tested by God…and an obnoxious family. It’s based on the Biblical “Book of Job.” “The Shift” is a big screen sci-fi spin on that … Continue reading →