Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney both deliver straight A’s, despite their character’s crimes. Two of the year’s best performances or of their careers, belong to Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney in “Bad […]
Bad Education
The Willoughbys
A black comedy with energy and messages for kids and adults The worst movies about kids getting rid of their parents both came out in 1994. Rob Reiner’s “North” was a mean-spirited […]
Love Wedding Repeat
You’re cordially uninvited to this wedding bomb. “Love Wedding Repeat” is the directorial debut of Dean Craig, who wrote the strangely entertaining “Death at the Funeral.” A remake of an Italian film […]
Trolls: World Tour
This animated sequel removes its split ends, and makes a much better hairstyle. I don’t know what kind of good luck charm I have, because so far this year, sequels to movies […]
Coffee & Kareem
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 […]
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 […]
