When “King Richard” (2021) was announced, I thought the story of the rise of Venus and Serena Williams – under the tutelage of their grandstanding
Hollywood trends can be measured in “Batman” pictures, and the current social-media driven zeitgeist finds filmmakers actually listening to filmgoers. In the 1960s, camp was
Writer-director Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” (2021, Netflix) makes fun of almost everything in American pop culture and government today. It’s intelligent, but rarely uproariously
Writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos” (2021) is like an episode of “Sports Night,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” or “The Newsroom.” That’s a
Just as 1974’s “Carrie” was Stephen King’s first book, director Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation was filmgoers’ introduction to King. Unlike with “The Shining” four
A little bit “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” a little bit “The Invention of Lying,” a little bit “Groundhog Day” and a little bit PKD,
Awhile back, Disney and Sony were on the brink of ending their agreement of making “Spider-Man” movies together. (Sony owns the Spider-Man rights; Disney/Marvel rents
James Bond remembers Vesper Lynd by visiting her grave early in “No Time to Die.” It encourages us to think about Daniel Craig’s and Eva
Woody Allen bounces back from perhaps his worst movie, “Shadows and Fog” (1991), with one of his best: “Husbands and Wives” (1992). He gets back
“Witness for the Prosecution” (1957) regularly ranks as one of the great Agatha Christie adaptations, but it’s admirable for its basic ability to tell a