DECEMBER 25, 2019 With the Christmas season coming to a close, I’ve tried to keep to the spirit of the season by reviewing lovely films about popes, little women…
DECEMBER 24, 2019 Among the many terrific things (and there are many) about writer/director Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel “Little Women” is that, although…
DECEMBER 23, 2019 Watching Eddie Murphy’s brilliant hosting job this past weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” I was reminded his great return to movies this fall in the comedy…
DECEMBER 22, 2019 With a title like “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and a top-billed Tom Hanks, you think you know what you’re getting into when you head…
DECEMBER 21, 2019 I love “What if?” movies. Quentin Tarantino has been dealing with revising history in “Inglorious Basterds” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and the results…
DECEMBER 20, 2019 Photo: Politico Wine cave. That phrase was the takeaway from Thursday night’s considerably-smaller stage at Marina del Rey’s Loyola Marymount University for the sixth Democratic Presidential…
DECEMBER 19, 2019 At the end of every movie year, Clint Eastwood seems to sweep in at the last minute with some under-the-radar film to try his hand at…
DECEMBER 17, 2019 When I first heard that a film was planned depicting the 2016 ouster of Fox News founder Roger Ailes on charges of sexual harassment, all kinds…
DECEMBER 11, 2019 My interest in professional auto racing is approximately zero. So it was with great hesitation that I ventured to see “Ford v Ferrari,” the latest film…
DECEMBER 9, 2019 Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” begins with the voice of Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) extolling the many reasons why she loves his wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) —…
