Dafoe and Pattinson both go mad in Robert Egger’s latest masterwork. You recall in my “Midsommar” review when I admitted one of my fears? It would be me standing out in a […]
The Lighthouse
Parasite
An unemployed family has consequences of fraud in riveting black comedy. Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker who’s best known for such foreign thrillers like “The Host,” a monster import from […]
Jackie Brown
In memory of Robert Forster, let’s see his only Oscar nomination. Robert Forster sadly passed away the other day, and I know the only Oscar-nomination he’s received was for his role in […]
Motherless Brooklyn
Norton’s crime caper talks the talk and doesn’t really walk the walk. “Motherless Brooklyn,” Edward Norton’s first directing job since “Keeping the Faith,” is a 1950s crime noir that mostly relies on […]
Dolemite is My Name
Eddie Murphy is back in the game. “Dolemite is My Name” is the first movie since “Tower Heist” to allow Eddie Murphy to reconnect with his glory 1980s days when “SNL,” Beverly […]
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Jesse Pinkman’s on the run, and he comes out strong. Years after AMC’s “Breaking Bad” ended and the spin-off “Better Call Saul” came into effect, Netflix has released “El Camino: A Breaking […]
Gemini Man
Deadshot vs. the Fresh Prince: Not as interesting as it looks. I acknowledge how Will Smith becomes disappointed with how the public takes some of his movies. “Wild Wild West” was a […]
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach’s best film of the decade deals with divorce in a sincere way Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as a married couple, who suffer through a coast-to-coast divorce that reminds […]
Pain and Glory
Antonio Banderas, even in his late 50s, still has the charms in Almodovar’s latest opus. I went to see Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain and Glory” without knowing what to expect. I knew it […]
Joker
In the vein of Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson, Joaquin Phoenix kills it as the Joker One of the season’s most talked about movies should be “Joker,” a twisted spin-off of the […]
