Monthly Archives: January 2024

“Masters of the Air” is an overarching, sometimes over-reaching portrayal of America’s part in the Air War in Europe from the same production team that told the historical World War II stories “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” Like those … Continue reading →

The dames just melt in the presence of Paul Newman’s laconic title character in “Harper,” a serio-comic detective thriller filmed when Newman was at his peak, but a film never regarded as one of his best. Because it isn’t. “Dames” … Continue reading →

“Molli and Max in the Future” is exactly what it set out to be, an instant “cult” film, a zippy, low-budget sci-fi rom-com riff on “When Harry Met Sally” designed to play as a “midnight movie” at your favorite art … Continue reading →

Generations of WWII movies have served up endless repeats of the same old songs from the era — “In the Mood,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” a little Glen Miller, a bit of Artie Shaw, a touch of “We’ll Meet Again, … Continue reading →

No? Me either. And I watched a LOT of docs this year. But what is out there and available to be seen never or at least rarely correlates with the Academy’s docs branch. An occasional exception proves the rule, but … Continue reading →

The director of “Sound of Freedom” is behind the camera for this New York “Five Points” rathole 19th period piece. John Lithgow and David Morse support Cristiana Dell’Anna in the title role, that of Francesca Cabrini. Wonder if they’ll get … Continue reading →

Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Jo Koy, Sherry Cola, Bowen Yang, Sandra Oh and Michelle Yeoh provide the voices for this one, which has impressive looking effects and kind of dated CGI human character renderings. Could be cute. Feb. 2.

Too many movies put one through a filmgoers’ version of Elizabeth Kübler Ross’s “Stages of Grief” while you’re watching them. You go from “This might be good” to “This COULD be OK,” and then “It’s not half bad” to “It … Continue reading →

“The Zone of Interest,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Creator,” America Ferrara in “Barbie” and Colman Domingo’s turn in “Rustin” were among the surprises that turned up when nominations to the 96th Academy Awards were announced by Zazie Beetz and … Continue reading →

Tom Ripley was a fictional creation of the Golden Age of the Homocidal Homosexual in literature and film (“Compulsion,” etc) and he remains Patricia Highsmith’s most famous creation. Even though she herself — a lesbian — denied he was gay … Continue reading →