In the Heights: Dream a Little Dream
Previously, we had a big, splashy musical film for Spanish speakers. It was called Coco, and it was good. However, that was set in...
Shiva Baby: Danielle in the Lion’s Den
Whenever you think that Jewish humor is tapped out, someone else comes along and hauls something new up out of the mine. Shiva Baby...
Spirit Untamed: Even Cowgirls Give the Blues
Back in 2002, I saw Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and then more-or-less instantly forgot everything about it except for Bryan Adams singing (which...
Cruella: Bossypants
I’ll admit I was skeptical when I heard Emma Stone was going to play Cruella de Vil for Disney. Surely she was too young...
Quiet Place II: Beyond the Sea
I learned some things while watching A Quiet Place Part II: The farm that the Abbott family lives on is in the Appalachian Ridge...
Dream: One Horse Town
First comes the documentary with a remarkable inspirational story, then comes the inferior fiction version of it headlined by A-list stars. James Marsh’s Oscar-winning...
Riders of Justice: Mads for Revenge
With his drooping eyelids and aquiline nose, Mads Mikkelsen is often typecast by Hollywood as villains — surely you remember him hitting James Bond’s...
Spiral: Sign of the Pig
The original Saw series is a relic of the post-9/11 time when we wanted to watch bastards pay for whatever in the slowest and...
Wrath of Man: H Is for Heat
Sometimes in life, you just want to see Jason Statham shooting people. My last few movie reviews have required me to be quite serious...
Truffle Hunters: White Gold
Marcella Hazan was a great expert on Italian cuisine, and I remember reading in her The Classic Italian Cook Book that farmers would forage...
