“The Walk” in 3D — 90 Minutes of Routine Drama, Then Pow!
OCTOBER 19, 2015 I was living in New York in 1974 when Philippe Petit made his famous walk on a wire between the two towers of the then-new World…
Reviews of big budget Hollywood films
OCTOBER 19, 2015 I was living in New York in 1974 when Philippe Petit made his famous walk on a wire between the two towers of the then-new World…
OCTOBER 9, 2015 As a transplant from New England to Southern California, I was stunned in 2011 when I heard that James (don’t call him Whitey) Bulger, the legendary…
OCTOBER 7, 2015 The first five minutes of “Sicario” are among the most suspenseful I’ve experienced in a film in years. An FBI Special Weapons & Tactics unit, led…
OCTOBER 5, 2015 Have I got a movie for you. It’s about a U.S. astronaut who finds himself stranded alone on the Red Planet who must use his wits…
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 There’s a scene early in Baltasar Kormakur’s mountaineering adventure “Everest” set at the base camp where we see members of 20 different climbing teams knocking into one…
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 Paul Newman & Robert Redford reunite in “A Walk in the Woods.” That was a dream project of Redford’s and one that he kept alive until Newman’s…
AUGUST 18, 2015 I suppose it’s encouraging that a whole new generation of pre- and young teens know Dr. Dre and Ice Cube. What is not so hopeful is that…
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…
JULY 29, 2015 “Don’t judge me, fuckers!” With that one line from the opening of Judd Apatow’s new comedy “Trainwreck,” writer/star Amy Schumer throws down the gender gauntlet to those…
JULY 6, 2015 The original “Magic Mike” was all about men. Its successor, “Magic Mike XXL,” is all about women. And is much the better for it. Probably the most…