I was given a private screening of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” so I was able to write most of my review of it on my iPhone. It started off with Phil […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Avengers: Infinity War
There’s a lot of ambition for “Avengers: Infinity War.” It received a worldwide release date of April 28, moving from May 5th. Usually, those Marvel movies would open a week earlier internationally. […]
Lean on Pete
In the month of April, I was given two touching films about boys and their horses. “The Rider” is about an ex-rodeo star, struggling to overcome a near-fatal head injury, while losing […]
Rampage
No matter what they say about “Rampage” breaking a video game curse, you pretty much know that’s a lie. It’s nothing more than a violent, reckless, and idiotic mess that wastes such […]
Ready Player One
What we’re most excited for in Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” is the virtual reality-the fantasy world where you can be anyone-human, alien, or cartoon character. In fact, this movie is chocked […]
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson is a master storyteller, and I told him that years ago at a Times Talks program, and when it comes to animation, he delights us with his visions, quirkiness, and […]
Tomb Raider
The minute you hear a lot of noise from gun fire and explosions in an action movie, you know that’s too much. And the minute you hear certain lines, like someone being […]
A Wrinkle in Time
I’m watching Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” and I’m asking myself two questions. 1.) Is this really made by two wonderful women like director Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) and screenwriter Jennifer Lee (“Frozen”)? […]
Annihilation
“Annihilation” is a bizarre, yet absorbing experience-a Sci-Fi thriller has mutates itself with all the mutations going on. Hell, I’m pondering on how movie-goers will take it, especially since CinemaScore awards C+ […]
Early Man
I’m not sure how American movie goers will fare with “Early Man,” the next stop motion feature from the genius Aardman company that gave us “Wallace & Gromit.” Obviously, it’s gonna get […]
