Movie review: Mark Wahlberg saves the world AGAIN in bloated...
Clank. Thud. Crash. Boom. Bang. "Transformers: The Last Knight" is another huge pyrotechnic porno that leaves a metallic taste in your mouth. I endured it so you don't have to. The storytelling is...
View ArticleKumail Nanjiani is moving up in the showbiz world with The Big Sick’
Familiar as a stand-up performer and as sarcastic computer programmer Dinesh Chugtai on HBO's "Silicon Valley," Kumail Nanjiani has been working steadily almost a decade, but he is about to go big when...
View ArticleMovie review: The Exception’ has no sense of danger
One doesn't often, if ever, associate Kaiser Wilhelm II with the Second World War. He was so 1918, you know. But author Alan Judd found a clever way to make him vital in his later years with his novel...
View ArticleEdgar Wright talks about Baby Driver’ from the back seat of a moving car
Throughout the mid- and late-1990s, writer-director Edgar Wright was one of the darlings of the hip British TV scene, but really made his mark when he directed two seasons of the action-comedy series...
View ArticleMovie review: The Journey’ fits in with British filmmaking epidemic
There's an emerging epidemic among British filmmakers to portray history not as it happened but as it suits their needs. The roots of this contagion date back to as early as "The Queen," a...
View ArticleMovie review: An emotional roller coaster ride of ups and downs should make...
It's a lousy title, and yes, it's about someone who gets very sick. But here's hoping that doesn't scare you away. There are a few things prospective viewers should know, even if one of them gives away...
View ArticleMovie review: Sofia Coppola’s Beguiled’ remake falls short of its potential
The Yankee Civil War soldier John McBurney has made the rounds. He was the central character in Thomas Cullinan's 1966 novel "The Beguiled," the wounded man who seeks refuge in an isolated girls'...
View ArticleMovie review: Baby Driver’ makes for a rockin’ good time
Many years ago, while attending Emerson College and having to suffer through the then-mandatory course Voice and Articulation, our class was assigned to recite a poem of our choice. The next week, one...
View ArticleMovie review: Baby Driver’ is a stylish ride
The fun, musically driven "Baby Driver" is a celebration of style over substance. Writer-director Edgar Wright is up to his old genre-mashing tricks, disguising what's essentially a love story behind a...
View ArticleNew Spider-Man Tom Holland puts some zing into his web-slinging
It's commonly mistaken that British actor Tom Holland is the third person to play a live-action Spider-Man on the screen. Let's see, there was Tobey Maguire, who did it three times; then Andrew...
View ArticleMovie review: The Big Sick’ mixes heart, humor
The romantic comedy "The Big Sick" is a healthy reminder of how vulnerable, sweet and bittersweet love, in all its forms, can be. Written by Kumail Nanjiani ("Silicon Valley") and his wife, Emily V....
View ArticleMovie review: Sally Hawkins is a marvel in Maudie’
Truth takes another beating in the bio-pic "Maudie." Or, more to the point, Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis takes a beating at the hands of her Neanderthal husband, Everett. The problem is — it never...
View ArticleMovie review: Steve Carell pulls double duty in Despicable Me 3’
It's downright despicable what Illumination Entertainment has done to the once-promising "Despicable Me" franchise. The third entry arrives in no better shape than either the second movie or its...
View ArticleMovie review: There’s very little to like about The Little Hours’
In what feels like the extremely long 90 minutes that it takes to wend your way through "The Little Hours," we're supposed to — accordingly to a mention at the beginning — recognize it as being based...
View ArticleMovie review: You’ll enjoy being caught up in the web of the new Spider-Man’
There've already been a number of big screen Supermen, and a few Batmen, so no one should have a problem dealing with a third Spider-Man re-jumpstarting this franchise. Nothing can or should be taken...
View ArticleMovie review: A well-spun Spider-Man’
What happens when your head gets too big for your Spidey mask? If it happens in "Spider-Man: Homecoming," plan on a helluva fantastic time. Although Spidey might well disagree. He takes a beating...
View ArticleMovie review: Apes’ trilogy comes to a thrilling and satisfying conclusion
Right from the days of its initial, mostly very positive, reviews in 2011, "Rise of the Plant of the Apes" was said to be the first in a trilogy of prequel films that would tell the story of what led...
View ArticleMovie review: A Ghost Story’ provides an oasis of calm in a sea of quiet chaos
What you see may or may not be what you get in "A Ghost Story." What you get may or not be what you've seen ... or heard ... or not heard.This is not a typical example of what's going on in today's...
View ArticleActor Mark Rylance moves from the Cold War in Bridge of Spies’ to the WWII...
Long before actor Mark Rylance won an Oscar for his supporting performance as Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies," he was about as established as one can get on British and American...
View ArticleMovie review: Dunkirk’ magnificently shows war from land, sea, and sky
"Dunkirk" is a war movie, a thriller, an "art" film, and a true tale of survival, heroism, and selflessness. During the telling of its three related stories that eventually converge into one, viewers...
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