Five Terrific Films To See in September
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Can you believe we’re already halfway through September? Kids are back in school, and at the movies, the summer blockbusters are taking their final bows before…
Reviews of big budget Hollywood films
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Can you believe we’re already halfway through September? Kids are back in school, and at the movies, the summer blockbusters are taking their final bows before…
AUGUST 11, 2021 This month’s “Terrific Movies” column begins to reflect the fact that awards season is just starting up, with the film studios and streaming services beginning to…
JULY 8, 2021 In what is the first in a series of planned monthly articles focusing the best films ready for your enjoyment, I’ll zero in on what’s showing…
JANUARY 20, 2021 When “The Prom” first opened on Broadway in 2018 with little advance ticket sales and stars who were hardly household names, the show was referred to…
DECEMBER 21, 2020 On paper, it seemed like a slam dunk. “Hillbilly Elegy,” the memoir by J.D. Vance that became one of the best-selling books of 2016, was finally…
OCTOBER 28, 2020 It’s rare that a hit comedy has to wait 14 years for a sequel and even rarer that the sequel is even good. But the huge…
APRIL 13, 2020 I must admit that when I first saw the trailer to Pixar’s 22nd feature film, “Onward,” which is now streaming on Disney+, I was little put…
MARCH 2, 2020 Sometimes — OK, most of the time — American remakes of successful European films become a pale copy of the original. Yes, “Three Men and a…
DECEMBER 31, 2019 If ever there was a film that did not need a sequel, it was “Frozen.” The unexpected 2013 box-office phenomenon had a beautifully self-contained story to…
DECEMBER 30, 2019 For better or for worse, they just don’t make films like “Just Mercy” anymore. The defense-attorney-as-conquering-hero genre probably peaked with 1962’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which…