Noah Baumbach’s latest charmer has George Clooney at the crossroads. We begin with George Clooney lying under a bridge next to a police car in the rain. He’s doing a few takes […]
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Nuremberg
One of the most important trials dramatized nicely here by Malek and Crowe. Just the other day, I watched and admired “Judgment at Nuremberg,” which had an all-star cast of Spencer Tracey, […]
Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater delights us with the making of a French classic. Richard Linklater has directed two delightful movies about celebrities this season. The first was “Blue Moon,” which had the camera angles […]
Die My Love
Jennifer Lawrence delivers as a young mother who acts like a baby. A few weeks ago, I was one of the few film critics to dislike “If I Had Legs I’d Kick […]
Christy
Sydney Sweeney’s performance will leave you KOed. After my viewing of “Christy” a few months ago, I got in an elevator and I held it for a woman who was trying to […]
If You See Something
It’s quite the gamble for this Iraqi immigrant trying to be an American citizen when his home country causes him turmoil. The title “If You See Something” reminds me of what train […]
It Was Just an Accident
One of the best revenge thrillers from any country. I’m told that the filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was also an Iranian political prisoner, didn’t get official filming permission from Iranian authorities to […]
Frankenstein
Guillermo Del Toro stitches up one Hell of a monster movie. Seeing Guillermo Del Toro’s vision of “Frankenstein” on 35MM film is almost like watching a classic film on screen. You can […]
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
This biopic is born to run. The following is a trend of some of the recent movie musician biopics. Think about how Rami Malek’s performance of Freddy Mercury was the best and […]
Regretting You
I regret watching this negative piece of crapola. “Regretting You” is based on the book by Colleen Hoover, who also wrote “It Ends With Us.” The movie version of that film was […]
