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…
MAY 2, 2019 You know you’re going to see it, if you haven’t already. So let’s talk about it. Faithful readers of this column know that I’m not the…
MARCH 27, 2019 “Captain Marvel” has been in theaters for nearly a month now, and I’ve been kicking this review around in my head for the past few weeks. …
NOVEMBER 2, 2015 Every year we get the same Oscar party line about the Best Actress race — if only there were more leading women who could turn in Oscar-worthy…
OCTOBER 27, 2015 No one saw “Room” coming. At this year’s Toronto Film Festival, all the talk was about the Oscar bait, films that use the festival to launch…
