Emma Stone and Steve Carell Shine in the Entertaining “Battle of the Sexes”
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 It all seems so quaint now, but in 1973, it was a circus. If you were there at the time, you’ll never forget the spectacle in…
Month: September 2017
While a Devastated Puerto Rico Drowns, Trump’s Focus is Entirely on the NFL
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 Photo: Getty In an administration filled with low points, Donald Trump’s behavior this weekend with particularly disgraceful. Let’s go back a week, when Hurricane Maria smashed…
Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” is Absolutely Bonkers
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 I’ve been trying to think of comfortable euphemisms, but “bonkers” seems to be the appropriate word in describing the effect of watching Darren Aronofsky’s newest film,…
Women Dominate This Year’s Emmys, With “Veep,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” & “Big Little Lies” Triumphing
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 Photo: Getty As much as I like to bitch about the Emmy Awards (as an Emmy voter myself, I can dish my own kind), Sunday night’s…
Fifteen Films That You Should Put on Your Oscar Radar
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 Welcome to the 3rd Annual “Movies to Put on Your Oscar Radar” column. Now that many of the big film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Telluride and Venice)…
After a Sluggish Start, “It” Stops Clowning Around and Brings the Scares
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 “It” is a phenomenon, at least at the box office. The horror film, based on the first half of Stephen King’s novel, smashed all box-office records…
Steven Soderbergh Is Back! And His “Oceans 7/11” Heist Caper “Logan Lucky” Is Just What We Need
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 In 2013, Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”) proudly announced that he was done, he was through and he’d never make another movie again. Of course,…
The Sam & Ryan Show is Fun, But Otherwise “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” Is a Snore
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 To the surprise of many Hollywood watchers, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” was #1 at the box-office over Labor Day weekend, only the third 2017 release to achieve…
Forget the Teen Heartthrob of “Twilight,” Because in “Good Time” Robert Pattinson Delivers a Stunning Performance
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 I knew very little about Robert Pattinson during his star-making period in the “Twilight” series. I know that I’m a bad critic because I skipped all…
