Now Playing In Your Living Room: “Palm Springs” Takes Romantic Comedy To a New Place, Over and Over Again
JULY 16, 2020 Many of you may know that Palm Springs, CA is where I’ve called home since 2018. It’s a place that I truly love, so when news…
Science Fiction
“The Rise of Skywalker” Ends the Historic Nine-Film “Star Wars” Series on a Disappointing Note
DECEMBER 27, 2019 It’s finally over. The nine-film “Star Wars” saga, probably the most remarkable series in film history, has come to a final conclusion with “The Rise of…
“Solo” May Be the First Box-Office Flop of the “Star Wars” Franchise, But Is It Really That Bad?
JUNE 6, 2018 By now, it has become known among even casual moviegoers that “Solo: A Star Wars Story” will turn out to be the first flop in the…
“Annihilation” — The Best Film Out There That You’re Not Seeing
MARCH 26, 2018 “Annihilation” has almost everything. The film adaptation of the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling “Southern Reach Trilogy,” “Annihilation” has received terrific notices (currently 88% favorable…
Guillermo del Toro’s Mesmerizing “The Shape of Water”
DECEMBER 12, 2017 Guillermo del Toro certainly loves the movies. His latest film, “The Shape of Water,” is a Cold War thriller, a musical, a heist movie, an interspecies…
“Blade Runner 2049” — Absolutely Gorgeous, But Waaaay Too Long
NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Few people remember this, but I was around in 1982, and Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi film “Blade Runner” laid at huge goose-egg at the box-office. Thanks…
There’s Just One Really Good Tentpole Film This Summer: “War For the Planet of the Apes”
AUGUST 7, 2017 All summer, I’ve been bitching about the lack of quality and audience satisfaction from the summer’s crop of tentpole sequels. Please be honest, was there really…
“Alien: Covenant” Suggests That There May Be a Little Hope Left For a Faltering Franchise
MAY 30, 2017 I had been in New York for a few years when the company I worked for closed early for the day, and I rushed over to…
Is “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” As Good or Better Than the First One? Well, Yes and No
MAY 9, 2017 Groot is back. The summer movie season officially kicked off over the weekend with the much-anticipated sequel to the surprise 2014 hit, “Guardians of the Galaxy.” …
Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and a Gigantic Green Lizard Stomping Around Seoul Star in the One-of-a-Kind “Colossal”
MARCH 18, 2017 I tend to doubt that T.S. Eliot was much of a moviegoer, but when he wrote that “April is the cruelest month” in “The Waste Land,”…
