Mads Mikkelsen fights for his land of opportunity. “The Promised Land” is a near powerful Danish film about determination overshadowing what starts off as cynicism and becomes malice. The original title is […]
The Promised Land
The Boys in the Boat
This regatta doesn’t row enough laps. George Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat” is a great-looking but misguided project about the University of Washington rowers who represented the United States in the […]
Ferrari
Michael Mann’s hot car biopic has some hot performances. “Ferrari” is Michael Mann’s first movie since “Blackhat,” which I thought was empty at the time. This one is better than that film, […]
The Iron Claw
Time to get back in the ring. “The Iron Claw” is a gritty professional wrestling movie about a family on the verge of deterioration. This family was known as the Von Erich […]
Maestro
Cooper and Mulligan hit the right notes of music, drama, and romance. Bradley Cooper’s directorial follow-up to the fourth film version of “A Star is Born” is “Maestro,” in which he portrays […]
Napoleon
An epic that’s dangerous, violent, surprisingly funny, and riveting. Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is an epic on the French general Napoleon Bonaparte, who was also the Emperor of France. His “Gladiator” star Joaquin […]
Next Goal Wins
It keeps kicking and dreaming of being a better movie. Taika Waititi’s latest film “Next Goal Win” is based on the American Samoa national team, who have been labeled the worst soccer […]
Rustin
A solid biopic that uses its words for freedom wisely. Colman Domingo stars as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the new Netflix biography “Rustin, which has its flaws but still enough […]
Priscilla
Sofia Coppola’s Burning Love letter to the King’s mistreated young wife. The year is 1959. We meet young Priscilla in a diner outside her father’s base in Bad Nauheim, Germany, where a […]
Nyad
Annette Bening gets her laps in as the swimmer who refused to give up. “Nyad” is the true story of how swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba […]
