Bottoms: Gay Bashers
Rachel Sennott is neither gay nor Jewish, yet she keeps playing characters who are one or both of those things. So it was in...
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...
Uncut Gems: Howard’s End
Sometimes, it’s really fun to be the guy saying that the Christmas movie riding a wave of positive buzz is terrible. Uncut Gems is...
Animal World: House of Cards
I just saw this Chinese film called Animal World at AMC Grapevine Mills, and while it's not much good as a movie, it poses...
A Simple Favor: The Vanishing of Emily
I’ll admit I enjoyed A Simple Favor more than I expected to. That’s probably because I read the Darcey Bell thriller novel that it’s...
Thor: Good God Almighty
Everyone seems surprised that Kenneth Branagh is directing Thor. Well, I’m not. True, he made his name directing and starring in a string of...
Mary Poppins Returns: Go Fly a Kite
Okay, so Mary Poppins Returns is loud. That’s the first word that’s coming to mind. There are others, too: It’s energetic, boisterous, and overbearing....
Baby, It’s Fate
Javier Bardem made his American debut and snagged an Oscar nomination all in one bang when he portrayed the gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas...
Boxer Willie
You should always be suspicious of homeless dramas that star Oscar-nominated Hollywood actors. There are so many different ways that such movies can go...
A Fourth Ice Age
If you buy a ticket to see Ice Age: Continental Drift, you will see a lovely, clever, surprisingly moving animated film that ends in...
