A sincere and funny “Sideways” reunion that’s more than meets the eye. Less than 20 years after collaborating on one of the most original and delicious comedies “Sideways,” director Alexander Payne and […]
The Holdovers
Old Dads
Bill Burr’s latest comedy is too old to be funny. Bill Burr makes his directorial debut of “Old Dads,” a would-be made-for-Netflix comedy that’s good on his words than it is on […]
Dicks: The Musical
This musical has big laughs and high spirits. “Dicks: The Musical” is A24’s first musical, and I think it likes to satirize itself by having a variety of weird elements to its […]
Totally Killer
Gotta get back in time to stop this killer. Slasher comedies are able to enter new territories, like how “Happy Death Day” channeled “Groundhog Day” by placing Jessica Rothe’s Tree Gelbman in […]
She Came to Me
A misguided dramedy that comes to negativity. “She Came to Me” starts off with a decent premise between Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei, and then explodes with various problems within the screenplay. […]
The Swan, The Rat Catcher, and Poison: Wes Anderson Short Films
Three Wes Anderson short films, shorter than Henry Sugar. Wes Anderson’s 40 minute take on Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” turns out to be part of anthology of short […]
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
A short wonderful gem from Wes Anderson. It’s a miracle that Wes Anderson would adapt a Roald Dahl novel into a feature film. He turned “Fantastic Mr. Fox” into a wonderful stop-motion […]
Dumb Money
A fun view of the stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic. After my viewing of “Dumb Money,” I was getting into a conversation with a young woman about how congress and Wall […]
The Inventor
A charming stop-motion caricature of the Renaissance Man. Leonardo da Vinci has been known as the “Renaissance Man,” an engineer with drawings and ideas of brilliant inventions and strong curiosity that gave […]
El Conde
This vampire satire drinks some fresh blood. “El Conde” is the third vampire movie I have seen this year, after the charming “Renfield” and the boring “Last Voyage of the Demeter.” I’ve […]
