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Film Review: Empire of Light

FILM REVIEWEMPIRE OF LIGHTRated R119 MinutesReleased December 9th Here is another movie by a remarkable director for whom the isolation of the pandemic of 2020-2021 brought deep contemplation of his life, of our relationships with […]

Film Review – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

FILM REVIEWBLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVERRated PG161 MinutesReleased November 11th Director Ryan Coogler is a Homer for our generation, recounting our modern-day Iliad and Ulysses epic tales of journey, tragedy and heroism. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever […]

Film Review: “The Banshees Of Inisherin”

FILM REVIEWTHE BANSHEES OF INISHERINRated R109 MinutesReleased October 21st A Banshee is a female spirit from Irish Folklore who marks the death of someone by wailing or keening. Inisherin is a fictitious island off the […]

Film Review: “Amsterdam”

FILM REVIEWAMSTERDAMRated R134 MinutesReleased October 7th The opening screen of “Amsterdam” posts the message, “A lot of this really happened.” If you don’t know the real-life history, just sit back and enjoy the story and […]

Film Review: “Blonde”

FILM REVIEW“Blonde”Rated NC-17166 MinutesReleased September 28th at Netflix Theatres and Online “Blonde” is not a biopic. It’s director Andrew Dominik’s concept of Marilyn Monroe, based on the novel Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates. I contend […]

Film Review: Don’t Worry Darling

DON’T WORRY DARLINGRated R122 MinutesReleased September 23rd Don’t Worry Darling is a fascinating Psyho-SciFi concept, and the full house audience that attended my screening were all in intense conversations as they left the theatre. Some […]

Film Review: “The Woman King”

FILM REVIEWTHE WOMAN. KINGRated PG-13135 Minutes The Woman King is a drama and a superb action film based on the story of the Agojie, a highly skilled battalion of woman warriors, who protected the West […]

Film Review: “Barbarian”

BARBARIANRated R102 MinutesReleased September 9th This is a very smart movie…until the end, that is, where it kind of disintegrates into a montage of pop culture elements. I kind of understand the decision by writer/director […]

Film Review: “Elvis”

FILM REVIEWELVISRated PG-13159 MinutesReleased June 24th Elvis is such an icon of music and style of the mid 20th Century in our country that there are volumes written about him by serious historians. My 7-year-old […]

Film Review: Jurassic World: Dominion

FILM REVIEW JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION Rated PG-13 146 Minutes Released June 10th “Life is a profound mystery, and we are fools if we forget that and think, even for a moment, that we know it […]