“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…
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“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…
Now Playing In Your Living Room: Possibly the Best Picture of the Year — Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma”
DECEMBER 19, 2018 Let’s just get to it — Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” is a stunningly beautiful movie. It’s streaming right now on Netflix, so that if you subscribe to the…
“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…
Joel Edgerton’s “Boy Erased” Is a Powerful Look at the Horrors of Gay Conversion Therapy
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 2018 has proven to be the autumn of the troubled teen. We’ve had a parade of some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors emoting their best by…
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…
Looking At The 2018 Best Original Screenplay Race
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 For me, at least, there’s always been something special about the Oscar category of Best Original Screenplay. Don’t get me wrong — I bow to no…
“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…
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…
