A pretzel of a heist and bomb thriller. A decade ago, David Mackenzie made one of the best bank heist movies of all time called “Hell or High Water.” A decade later, […]
Fuze
The Choral
Ralph Fiennes owns this movie and the choir. “The Choral” is a period drama that seeks to win us over with its depiction of people caught in the middle of the First […]
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, […]
Eleanor the Great
Hear June Squibb tell someone else’s Holocaust tragedy. June Squibb converted to Judaism in the 1950s, and Scarlett Johansson is Jewish, so it should be wise if Johansson directs Squbb in a […]
Warfare
Another war movie well worth your time. “Warfare” is the first collaboration between Alex Garland and a real-life former Navy SEAL named Ray Mendoza, as they both write and direct Mendoza’s memories […]
My Dead Friend Zoe
A consistent dramedy about a solider who lost her wisecracking friend. So we start off with two army friends serving in Afghanistan who sing to Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” have some fun being themselves, […]
The Six Triple Eight
A WWII drama with plenty of stamps. I apologize to my loyal readers for the delay in my review of “The Six Triple Eight,” but the holidays have been too busy for […]
Blitz
Steve McQueen’s WWII drama has the right themes, but the wrong screenplay. Steve McQueen is a filmmaker who expresses African themes in his movies, as wisely demonstrated in “12 Years a Slave,” […]
Lee
Kate Winslet delivers as a woman who learns about the horrors of war. “Lee” is a war drama based on the life of Lee Miller (1907-1977), the American photographer and photojournalist, who […]
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Give it up for these bad ass men and woman killing Nazis! Even though certain elements are fictionalized (because they have to be), Guy Ritchie’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is said […]
