Drew Goddard’s Hugely Entertaining “Bad Times at the El Royale” Is Just Nuts
OCTOBER 18, 2018 It doesn’t happen very often. At this time of the year, most of the films that will be released before the end of the year have…
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Reviews of big budget Hollywood films
The Exploration of Space in “First Man” Is Instead Much More About the Exploration of Grief
OCTOBER 16, 2018 Spam in a can. That was the famous four-word description of the Mercury astronauts by legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, and you can definitely feel the truth…
Yes, “A Star Is Born” Is As Good As You’ve Heard
OCTOBER 15, 2018 What’s remarkable about this new version of “A Star Is Born” is not so much that it is being done again but that this fourth version…
Paul Feig’s “A Simple Favor” Is an Intriguing Blend of “Gone Girl” with Humor
OCTOBER 4, 2018 You may not be familiar with the name Paul Feig, but you’ll know the titles of the movies that he has directed — “Bridesmaids,” “The Heat,”…
“The Old Man & the Gun” May Not Be the Most Exciting Bank Robbery Movie Ever, But the Pairing of Redford & Spacek Gives It a Unique Poignancy
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 For months now, Robert Redford in David Lowery’s “The Old Man & The Gun” was talked up as being a major Oscar player. Now that I’ve…
Spike Lee Doesn’t Need a Comeback, But Still, “BlacKkKlansman” Is One Terrific Movie
AUGUST 9, 2018 What’s most exciting about Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” is not necessarily the storyline, although the real-life story of undercover cop Ron Stallworth is fascinating. It’s that Spike…
Like Tom Cruise Or Not, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” Is the Best Action Film In Years
AUGUST 7, 2018 I have friends whose opinions that I trust say that they never want to see another Tom Cruise movie again and insist that they won’t go…
Boots Riley’s “Sorry To Bother You” Is a Sharp Social Satire That Morphs Into Something Else Entirely
AUGUST 6, 2018 A number of critics of critics have compared Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” to Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning “Get Out,” a comparison that is not fair…
“Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Actually Improves on the Original
JULY 26, 2018 “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” is magnificently ridiculous or ridiculously magnificent. I’m not quite sure which. When I first saw the trailer for the sequel…
“Hereditary,” the Scariest Movie of the Year By Far, Is Propelled by an Oscar-Worthy Performance by Toni Collette
JUNE 21, 2018 “Hereditary” is not only scary, but it’s really scary, though not in the way that you may think. This is not a film that is full…
