Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” Proves the Power of Pairing a Strong Movie Star With a Strong Director
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 Clint Eastwood is 86 years old. I don’t mean to be an ageist — I’m a Medicare recipient myself — but how this man turns out…
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Reviews of big budget Hollywood films
“Kubo and the Two Strings” — At Last, a Summer Animated Film That’s Not Bombastic
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 “Kubo and the Two Strings” is by far the best film about origami that I’ve seen this year. This is the fourth film from Laika Studios,…
“Hell or High Water” — An Out-of-Left-Field Triumph
AUGUST 31, 2016 Last week I proclaimed Disney’s remake of “Pete’s Dragon” to be the best movie of the summer. Maybe I spoke too soon. “Hell or High Water”…
“Florence Foster Jenkins” — The Singer Doesn’t Hit the Right Notes, But the Film Usually Does
AUGUST 29, 2016 If you had never heard of the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, you have no excuse now. Already the subject of a Broadway drama…
Disney’s Remake of “Pete’s Dragon” — The Best Movie of the Summer
AUGUST 27, 2016 Who’da thunk it? This is how you do a remake. Why, for example, would anyone bother to remake “Ben-Hur”? Not that the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent…
“Suicide Squad”– It’s Just As Awful As You’ve Heard
AUGUST 26, 2016 You may have noticed that you haven’t seen very many movies rated C or D on this website. It’s not that I’m lenient (nothing could be…
“Sausage Party” — For God’s Sake, Leave the Kids at Home!!!!!!!!
AUGUST 15, 2016 In the past several years, there has been a rising genre of faith-based films that have become extremely profitable. I’m not talking on-the-nose religious films such…
“Star Trek Beyond” — A Multi-Million Dollar Episode of the TV Show
AUGUST 10, 2016 “Things are beginning to feel a little episodic,” observes Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) in an early scene in “Star Trek Beyond,” the latest adventure…
“Jason Bourne” — The Story May Seem Familiar, But Damon & Greengrass Help To Make It Fresh Again
AUGUST 8, 2016 It’s hard to believe that it’s been nine years since Matt Damon last played former CIA assassin Jason Bourne. Damon first played the operative in 2002’s…
By Being Funny, The New “Ghostbusters” Zaps Both the Ghosts and the Internet Trolls
JULY 18, 2016 “Ain’t no bitches gonna hunt no ghosts.” That is one of Melissa McCarthy’s most memorable lines in the new all-female remake of “Ghostbusters,” but it could…
