“The Wild” is an animated movie about five zoo animals – a lion, snake, giraffe, koala bear and a squirrel- who go on an adventure to find the lion’s son. “Ryan”, the lion cub, is upset because he can’t roar like his dad. He accidentally gets put on a ship bound for Africa and the […]
“Driveways” was filmed a few years ago near my neck of the woods in rural Upstate New York. Hong Chau (who deserved an Oscar nomination for her performance in 2017’s “Downsizing”) stars as single-mom Kathy. She’s studying to be a nurse (doing medical transcriptions to make money) while raising 8-year-old Cody (Lucas Jaye from “Fuller […]
The 2012 male stripper drama “Magic Mike” made women go crazy for Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey (who actually won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance). Now it’s the ladies’ turn to take center stage with “Hustlers”. Can this movie make men go gaga watching Constance Wu, Cardi B and Jennifer Lopez (who’s receiving […]
Earlier this year, I walked out of “The 15:17 to Paris” thinking Clint Eastwood could not have possibly directed that movie. His two previous films, “American Sniper” and “Sully”, were both knockouts. How could what I just watched have been so flat and lifeless? Thankfully, Eastwood’s second 2018 release (he began principal photography in June) […]
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara give two of the most powerful performances of the year in the “forbidden” romantic drama “Carol”. Director Todd Haynes (“Far from Heaven”, “I’m Not There.”) captures the elegance and beauty of falling in love in 1950s New York. This is a simple, but thoroughly moving film. Blanchett embodies the title […]
A dominating presence in the 90s, revitalized with an animated film in 2007 and a Nickelodeon series beginning in 2012, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” have come out of their shells once again with this semi-triumphant return to the big screen. On the heels of a fourth “Transformers” and TNT’s “The Last Ship”, The Summer […]