Daily Archives: December 5, 2023

The rules on any adaptation of “The Three Musketeers” are that it’s got to be swashbuckling and that it must be fun. Disney landed the latter and made a decent showing of the former in their 1993 “Young Guns” version … Continue reading →

Describing “Saltburn” in cinema shorthand terms is so easy it almost gives away the game. Not that the plot is any big inscrutable secret. It’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” meets “Call Me By Your Name” — insidious, class conscious, with … Continue reading →

There was an accident involving her husband, one that involved brain damage that has left him speechless and borderline catatonic. When we see it recreated in a flashback, we understand her loyalty, why she’s sticking with him, monitoring his symptoms, … Continue reading →

Seeing the film adaptation of the stage musical based on an Alice Walker novel that Steven Spielberg filmed nearly 40 years ago, I found it helpful to remember that Taraji P, Henson can sing, and that David Alan Grier is … Continue reading →