Oscar’s Hidden Gold
The latest firestorm to engulf the Oscar ceremony is the decision to relegate eight categories from the live TV broadcast to taped footage presented...
Batman: Stuck in the Riddle with You
As comic-book villains go, the Riddler has been particularly hard to take seriously. The guy leaves cryptic clues to his crimes? What’s scary about...
R.I.P., Tom Huckabee
On Jan. 26, Jennifer Robles posted the news on Tom Huckabee’s Facebook feed that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the previous August....
Best Documentaries of 2021
Maybe this pandemic has encouraged more people to watch documentaries at home. What’s certain is that not enough of them have made it to...
The Top 10
This past year, I spent more time in multiplexes than anyone who doesn’t work for a movie theater, and I didn’t get sick. Vaccinations...
Matrix: Techno Is Dead
“Nothing comforts anxiety like fake nostalgia,” says one of the characters in The Matrix Resurrections. Yeah, they said that to me as I watched...
West Side Story: Mambo!
I’m not a fan of the 1961 film of West Side Story. Sure, the dancing was fantastic, but the lead performances by Richard Beymer...
Holiday Movie Preview
When I wrote up this piece last year, Hollywood was giving the popcorn crowd precious little to look forward to. There’s a much more...
Eternals: God’s-Eye View
This was bound to happen at some point, a filmmaker goes from winning Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture to helming a Marvel...
Gosh Dune It
Frank Herbert’s epic science-fiction Dune saga was made into a film by David Lynch in 1984, which boasted a superb look but completely failed in...
