Movie review: The stars of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga keep rising in ‘A...
There shouldn’t be any questions about the story in “A Star Is Born.” That part of it is tried and true, with Hollywood returning to it every couple of decades for a freshened-up remake. Actually, it’s...
View ArticleMovie review: Redford turns on the charm in the breezy ‘Old Man & the Gun’
If “The Old Man & the Gun” is, indeed, Robert Redford’s final film, he’ll be heading into retirement pretty close to the top of his game. His portrayal of the based-on-fact bank robber named...
View ArticleRyan Gosling gives his interpretation of what made Neil Armstrong tick in...
Ryan Gosling can play it serious (“Blue Valentine”), funny (“The Nice Guys”), suave (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”), enigmatic (“The Place Beyond the Pines”) and, of course, he can sing and dance (“La La...
View ArticleMovie review: Lady Gaga lights up the screen in ‘A Star is Born’
Is it possible to be gaga for Gaga but not her movie? If we’re talking the third remake of “A Star is Born,” the answer is an unequivocal yes.As an aspiring chanteuse improbably swept off her feet by a...
View ArticleMovie review: Four British acting legends spill secrets in ‘Tea with the Dames’
The ghost of Laurence Olivier looms in every nook and cranny of the Sussex cottage where Roger Michell lay our scene for “Tea with the Dames.” You see him in the photos and awards sprinkled about the...
View ArticleMovie review: ‘First Man’ goes on a cerebral, emotional voyage to the moon
There are a few things you should know before seeing this newest film from Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash,” “La La Land”). It’s not an action-filled outer space movie. It’s not, at its center, even about...
View ArticleMovie review: Paul Greengrass’s harrowing ‘22 July’ examines the aftermath of...
You know Paul Greengrass for his lucrative collaborations with Matt Damon on three of the four “Jason Bourne” films, but what the writer-director really excels at are his smaller, more intimate...
View ArticleActor Russell Hornsby opens up his role in ‘The Hate U Give’
When he first rehearsed the opening scene of the film “The Hate U Give,” actor Russell Hornsby identified with his character so much that he momentarily had to leave the set.“Being a black man in...
View ArticleMovie review: Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ is a stirring look at moon landing
If you were an astronaut in the 1960s, it was a smart idea to have a dark, well-pressed suit handy in your closet. Not for dinners and galas, but for funerals, either yours or one of your comrades....
View ArticleMovie review: Strong cast propels twisty ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
“Bad Times at the El Royale” is a good-not-great, twist-filled thriller about a group of strangers hiding dark secrets. One-by-one — a priest, a salesman, a singer and a hippie — land at the El Royale...
View ArticleMovie review: Carell and Chalamet are heartbreaking in ‘Beautiful Boy’
Without a doubt, the addiction drama “Beautiful Boy” — not the slasher-flick “Halloween” — is the most terrifying movie opening at the multiplex this weekend. Starring Steve Carell (“Foxcatcher”) and...
View ArticleMovie review: Danish thriller ‘The Guilty’ is a riveting one-man show
It’s as spartan and basic as filmmaking gets. But you stand in awe of the subtle complexities fueling “The Guilty” in its riveting depiction of a disgraced cop solving a kidnapping without setting one...
View ArticleMovie review: Ike Barinholtz takes aim at political satire in ‘The Oath’
Getting along with your family is hard enough without bringing politics into the equation. But just try getting through Thanksgiving dinner without eventually broaching an issue drawing the ire of at...
View ArticleMovie review: New, improved ‘Halloween’ picks up the (body) pieces all these...
Despite the fact that I’d long ago abandoned the “Halloween” franchise (in a convoluted, zig-zag, somewhat related way, there were 10 earlier entries), and despite the fact that when I sat down in a...
View ArticleMovie review: Fright night: ‘Halloween’ will be a screaming success
Lock up the babysitters. Hide the cutlery. The “Halloween” reboot is here, and Michael Myers, the iconic masked boogeyman, is back and thirstier than ever for blood. Faster than you can say “boo,”...
View ArticleMovie review: Rowan Atkinson genially bumbles his way through a new Johnny...
You might have missed the first two entries in what, even without much commercial success, has become a franchise. “Johnny English” (2003) featured Rowan Atkinson as a bumbling, but self-assured...
View ArticleMovie review: Jonah Hill’s directing debut captures another time filled with...
If you’ve got a great opening shot, and an ending that audiences, for whatever reason, will carry with them and talk about, all you’ve got to do to make a memorable movie is have a strong middle...
View ArticleMovie review: Alzheimer’s drama’’What They Had’ is unforgettable
What amazes you about “What They Had,” Elizabeth Chomko’s affecting filmmaking debut, is how genuinely it resonates in its frank examination of Alzheimer’s and its effect on a loosely knit blue-collar...
View ArticleMovie review: Documentary covers the short but wild ride of disco club...
Matt Tyrnauer’s “Studio 54” is a burn, baby, burn disco inferno of fun and nostalgia. But it’s also very much a cautionary tale about the corrupting influence of greed on two blue-collar Brooklyn boys...
View ArticleMovie review: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is a prince of a rock movie
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a really good rock ’n’ roll film. Not a great one. There hasn’t been a great one since John Carpenter directed the TV movie “Elvis” back in 1979. Still, this one blows away, for...
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