Christopher Lloyd loves going from funny to serious to funny again
There have been lots of twists and turns in the career of actor Christopher Lloyd. After some dabbling onstage in his Connecticut high school, he moved to New York and, under the tutelage of Sanford...
View ArticleMovie review: The Zookeeper’s Wife’ more cute than insightful
World War II was the source of dozens of instances of benevolence and bravery. But few top the actions taken by the Polish couple who risked retaliation from the Nazis for hiding 300 Jews at the Warsaw...
View ArticleMovie review: Alec Baldwin is the trump card in The Boss Baby’
At the end of "The Boss Baby," when you're reading the credits, learning what actor did the voice of which animated character, it's got to cross your mind that nothing adds up. That the story makes...
View ArticleMovie review: This Ghost’ has a few too many glitches
Before any critical talk of "Ghost in the Shell" gets underway, some background along with a fair warning to eager viewers is necessary. It's based on a movie that was based on a manga (comic book),...
View ArticleMovie review: Ghost in the Shell’ is an action-packed spectacle
While watching "Ghost in the Shell," I felt trapped inside one of those serialized video games like "Unchartered" or "Assassin's Creed." The colors, sounds, graphics and episodic nature of the story...
View ArticleCaine, Arkin, Freeman talk about longevity
The movie is "Going in Style," an updated "reimagining" of the 1979 dramatic comedy in which three senior citizens — George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg — who are having money problems decide...
View ArticleCaine, Arkin, Freeman talk about longevity
The movie is "Going in Style," an updated "reimagining" of the 1979 dramatic comedy in which three senior citizens — George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg — who are having money problems decide...
View ArticleMovie Review: Style’ has a lot Going’ for it
The delightful comedy "Going in Style" might sound terribly derivative on paper, but thanks to the Oscar-winning trio of Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin, it exudes style and substance in...
View ArticleMovie review: Gifted’ proves to be a good-natured gift for moviegoers
Even if you think you've had about enough of those "precocious little kid caught in the middle of a nasty custody battle" movies, give this one a chance. It's charming, it's riveting, it boasts a...
View ArticleMovie review: Senior citizens with guns makes for some fun in Going in Style’
Hollywood's penchant for digging back into the archives to make new movies is on the rise. Recently we've had "reimaginings" of "King Kong" and the TV series "CHiPs." And now, just a few weeks before...
View ArticleMovie review: Colossal’ is immensely strange and enormously entertaining
A major plot point in "Colossal" involves the fact that all wars around the world have ceased. That in itself would make for a pretty interesting movie. But this one has more to lean on. It's a...
View ArticleMovie review: Vin Diesel and company get faster and furiouser
If you haven't seen all or at least most of the previous installments in this absurdly action-packed and often surprisingly moving series, you'll miss out on some of the new one's (the eighth, if...
View ArticleProducer Denise Di Novi dons the director’s hat for Unforgettable’
Even if you've only been an infrequent moviegoer over the past three decades, there's a good chance you've seen one that says "produced by Denise di Novi" in the credits. The former journalist broke...
View ArticleMovie review: A Quiet Passion’ looks at Dickinson’s life
First it was "Sex and the City." Now it's abstinence in Amherst for Cynthia Nixon, who holds her knees together tight as Emily Dickinson -- the poster poet for virginity -- in "A Quiet Passion," Brit...
View ArticleMovie review: Gemma Arterton is radiant in Their Finest’
The World-War II-set drama "Their Finest" is a terrifically charming tale crafted by a Danish director and a stable of British actors. Directed by Lone Scherfig and starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Clafin...
View ArticleActor-activist James Cromwell talks about acting and activism
Once you've gotten a look at the long face, or maybe it's the lanky, 6-foot-6swffrd frame, of James Cromwell, you don't forget it. After a career on the East Coast in the 1960s that included both...
View ArticleMovie review: In The Lost City of Z,’ a man answers to the call of the wild
The idea of writer-director James Gray, best known for making films in contemporary gritty urban settings ("The Yards," "We Own the Night"), telling the true tale of a Brit exploring the jungles of...
View ArticleFilmmaker James Gray found The Lost City of Z’ was mirroring his own life
Writer-director James Gray is not bashful about calling himself a movie nut. Growing up in Queens, long before he started making gritty urban dramas such as "The Yards" and "We Own the Night," or his...
View ArticleMovie review: Girls just want to have fights in Unforgettable’
There's a divide in Hollywood over what movies are made with which audiences in mind. Whether or not it's true for everyone, the studios believe that men like the tough and violent ones, and women like...
View ArticleMovie review: The Promise’ is at war with itself
It should have been epic, this story of the brutal Armenian Genocide. It could have been monumental but instead, director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda") ruins an important war drama by diluting it with...
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