“Mary Poppins Returns” Is a Worthy Successor to the Julie Andrews Classic
JANUARY 4, 2019 When I first heard that Disney was producing a new Mary Poppins film, my heart sank. I’ve gotten used to periodic Disney cash grabs, remaking their animated…
Film Review
Reviews of big budget Hollywood films
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Is the Best Spider-Man Movie Yet
JANUARY 2, 2019 Who would have ever thought that the best of the seven Spider-Man films released so far would be the animated one? Certainly not me, as I went…
“The Favourite”: A Stunning, Profane and Absolutely Hilarious Glimpse at Palace Life in the 1700s (Plus Rabbits!)
DECEMBER 13, 2018 Now to catch you up on what’s going on at the movies, here’s ECT’s guest film critic, Stefon! So, Stefon, what’s a good movie out there right…
“Green Book” Is a Film That Could Have Challenged Audiences But Is Content With Pandering To Them Instead
DECEMBER 3, 2018 The biggest bonfire currently raging among the nation’s film critics is over the qualities (or lack thereof) of the latest strong Oscar contender, “Green Book.” Don’t…
Melissa McCarthy is Magnificent in the Slyly Heartbreaking “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
NOVEMBER 26, 2018 “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is one of the funniest films about loneliness that I have seen in…maybe ever. It’s the early 1990s in Manhattan. The…
“The Front Runner” Is Exactly the Film That We Don’t Need Right Now
NOVEMBER 19, 2018 As faithful readers of this column know, I am and always have been an enormous political junkie. That’s entirely thanks to my grandmother, who, even when…
Director Steve McQueen Flips the Heist Genre on Its Head with “Widows,” and the Results Are Sensational
NOVEMBER 15, 2018 By any standard, “Widows” is a smashing success. “Widows” is the first film directed by Steve McQueen since he won an Oscar for 2012’s “12 Years…
There’s a Powerful Film On Teen Drug Addiction Buried Somewhere Inside “Beautiful Boy,” But This One Ain’t It
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 “Beautiful Boy,” a story about a young man’s deepening drug addiction and his father’s desperate attempt to pull him back from the abyss, seems designed to…
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Is a Toothless Wonder, a Queen Biography That Only Your Grandmother Could Love
OCTOBER 31, 2018 There was a particularly dopey movie genre that briefly flourished and (thankfully) died in the 1940s and 1950s that told the life stories of famous composers. …
“The Hate U Give” May Focus on a Police Shooting, But Its Heart Is With The People Left Behind
OCTOBER 24, 2018 Director George Tillman, Jr. has made a beauty of a film in “The Hate U Give.” There may be the word “hate” in the title,…
