Just be glad this ugly cop comedy doesn’t last for “48 Hours.” I remember saying in my review of “Like a Boss:” “Something tells me I might see something worse this later […]
Coffee & Kareem
Spike Jonze’s Directorial Masterpieces
4 Great Films from “Being John Malkovich” to “Her.” Spike Jonze began his filming career with skating videos and music videos, before he went on to be an acclaimed filmmaker. And being […]
Saint Frances
An honest comedy complete with religion, abortions, babysitting, lesbianism, and choices. We meet Kelly O’Sullivan as the writer of “Saint Frances” and the actress portraying Bridget, a mid-30s woman, who finds herself […]
Delicatessen, The City Lost Children, and Amelie
French cinema at its goofiest and dazzling level. I really passion the bizarre and wacky humor and visual world of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a French filmmaker, who provides us some of the […]
Cotton Club, 1900, Night Moves, MacBeth, Marvin Gardens, and Miami Blues
Polanksi, De Niro, Coppola, Baldwin, Nicholson, and Hackman-all part of some past selections. A friend of mine has loaned me some of his DVDs from his collection, and given our Coronavirus nightmare […]
Big Time Adolescence
A coming-of-age Hulu comedy about a good kid under bad influences. In “Big Time Adolescence,” we meet a high school kid named Mo Harris (Griffin Gluck) hanging out with his best friend-the […]
Spenser Confidential
Get ready for Mark Wahlberg’s made-for-Netflix flick. “Spenser Confidential” looks and feels like a made-for-Netflix movie withs its photography, narrative, and nonstop action; and it is. But it’s also a funny and […]
Onward
Far from a Pixar classic, but Holland and Pratt have their own magic. Disney and Pixar’s latest entry “Onward” has a similar vein as “Zootopia,” because it takes place in a parallel […]
The Jesus Rolls
This spin-off/remake wastes the iconic character and rolls gutter balls. “The Big Lebowski” will always be one of the Coen Brothers’ most extraordinary and nostalgic masterpieces of this or any other century. […]
Emma
Anya Taylor-Joy wins us over in the latest Jane Austin adaptation. Jane Austen’s “Emma” is the story of the 21-year-old Emma Woodhouse, who’s described as “handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable […]
