Disney and National Geographic present a new take on “The Right Stuff” for Disney+. It was already a book and a movie, so how ‘bout a miniseries (and one executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio)? Alright, I’ll cut to the chase: why do we need ANOTHER version of this story? I know all about the Mercury […]
Outside of cheering on my Philadelphia Eagles, I’m not what you would call an avid sports fan. But I clearly understand and feel the effects of the lack of live sports over the past several months. Thankfully, there’s a documentary debuting on Hulu this week that gets both casual and diehard sports junkies back on […]
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film is not just a love letter to Tinseltown – it’s a full-blown marriage proposal. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is his look at the motion picture and TV industry in 1969, through the eyes of both fictional characters and real people who lived during that time. This blending is one […]
One of George Clooney’s two Academy Awards is for co-producing “Argo” – a film he didn’t star in, write or direct. And when that movie swept the Best Picture race in the 2012-13 season, he was up on stage to accept with partner Grant Heslov and director Ben Affleck. This year, more than ever, several big-time […]
One year after co-writer and director Alejandro G. Inarritu guided “Birdman” to Best Picture honors at the Oscars, he’s back at it with “The Revenant”, a gritty and engrossing two-and-a-half-hour saga, with meaty, memorable performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. The definition of ‘revenant’ is someone who returns from the dead. And that’s, basically, […]