Beauty and the Beast: Ring My Belle
While in pre-production on La La Land, Damien Chazelle reportedly wanted Emma Watson instead of Emma Stone for the lead role. That now looks...
Long Kong
I don't mind saying I was excited when I saw the onscreen talent associated with Kong: Skull Island. Yet I felt my excitement leaking...
Logan: El Norte
In the continuing saga of the overwhelming white maleness of superhero movies, Latinos have been markedly less visible than even blacks and Asians. However,...
Get Out: I Am Not Your Negro
Historically, horror movies have not been a black thing. This is probably because, as many people before me have pointed out, real life for...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
A certain contemporary jazz musical looks set to run roughshod over the major awards on Oscar night, which makes my annual piece that much...
A Cure for Wellness : It’s in the Water
Maybe you’ve seen the creepy trailer for A Cure for Wellness. The movie itself lives up to it. It’s so creepy that creepy actor...
Toni Erdmann: The Greatest Love
I notice that only one week after Toni Erdmann opened in Dallas theaters, it's already closing down there this weekend. This is despite the...
The Lego Batman Movie: Everything Is Batman
A lot of things have made the recent DC Comics movies look bad, but nothing has made them look worse than The Lego Batman...
The Comedian: Laugh Lines
Funny people are delightful to be around, but professionally funny people can be exhausting. They turn every conversation into a wisecrack, a pun, an...
Odds and Ends
One of my favorite regular features is this one that I do around this time every year. It’s my way of writing about a...
