McKellen and Condon Reunite For the Intimate Drama “Mr. Holmes”
AUGUST 11, 2015 When I heard that Ian McKellen was to be cast as Sherlock Holmes, I imagined him with a sparkle in his eye, a spring in his step…
Month: August 2015
When a Beloved Childhood Memory Manages to Be Even Better 50 Years Later
AUGUST 10, 2015 I will never forget the first time saw the Ocean House in Watch Hill, RI. It was 1965, and it was the only time my family ever…
Donald’s Weird Weekend
AUGUST 10, 2015 In the most quoted line from the famed 1964 film “Becket,” King Henry II, frustrated with the pious interference by the Archbishop of Canterbury, cries out in…
Vidal and Buckley Are At It Again in the Deliciously Riveting New Documentary “Best of Enemies”
AUGUST 10, 2015 Today they are all over the cable news landscape. They’re labeled as “strategists,” and both parties use them to make their talking points again and again. Yes,…
GOP Debate Reaction: The Main Event
AUGUST 7, 2015 What a night. Where, oh where to begin? OK, let’s start with Donald Trump. I’ve got to hand it to Fox News (words I never thought I’d…
GOP Debate Reaction: The Kids’ Table
AUGUST 6, 2015 Well that didn’t amount to much. The seven GOP Presidential contenders who didn’t make it into tonight’s Fox News Top 10 primetime debate met this afternoon for…
“Tangerine” is About Much More Than Just the iPhone
AUGUST 5, 2015 If your average art-house moviegoer knows anything about “Tangerine,” it’s probably the fact that the entire film was famously shot on an iPhone 5s. You’d never know…
The Debate Top 10 is Set: John Kasich Squeaks Onto the Stage As Rick Perry is Relegated to the Kids’ Table
AUGUST 4, 2015 Fox News today announced the names of the ten participants in Thursday’s main-stage GOP debate set to begin at 9pm ET. Based on the average of national…
Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” Preposterously Entertaining
AUGUST 3, 2015 Does Tom Cruise have a death wish? He’s 53, and seeing him hang off the side of a jetliner as it’s taking off, it does make…
