David Copperfield‘s Tricks
I had all these complex theories about why there are so few good film versions of Charles Dickens’ novels. Then I saw The Personal...
Kutcher Coo
Have we underestimated Ashton Kutcher? You can hardly blame us if we have. There are so many good reasons to hate him. His starring...
Sea The Pirates!
Like Disney-Pixar, the folks at Aardman know family-friendly comedy. The British stop-action animation company won an Oscar in 2005 for Wallace & Gromit: The...
GasLand Drills for Answers
In December 2008, live-theater producer and filmmaker Josh Fox (his 2008 film, Memorial Day, was based on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal) was approached...
Protection Scheme
Conservatives like to complain (not without some basis) about how Hollywood frequently portrays them in a negative light. I hereby point out that just...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
If you are watching this year’s Oscars, you’re probably doing it to see how else the ceremony can screw up. First, there was the...
Along Came a Spider
The new big-screen version of Charlotte’s Web moves me to a sentiment that may be a first for me: This movie should have been...
The Best Lead Performances of 2025
There are some new faces on this feature this year, which is lucky for me, because otherwise I think I’d have trouble writing up...
Long Ways From Home
Pride Month was last month, but it’s this week that two movies about gay people reach our theaters. We start with I Carry You...
French Dispatch: What’s the Matter for Kansas?
When I reviewed Nomadland, I remarked on filmmakers who find their homes far away from where they grew up. Wes Anderson is a Houstonian...
