Adam McKay’s gripping political “dramedy” “The Big Short”, won the 2016 Oscar for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay in and was nominated for several other categories. His latest film, “Vice,” is an in-depth study of Dick […]
Rated R 117 Minutes Released November 30 The opening sequence of “If Beale Street Could Talk” is exquisite and sets the tone for the entire movie. The story, although punctuated with tragedy, is built on […]
Rated PG-13 130 Minutes Released November 21 The “Green Book” of this film’s title has a substantial significance in our country’s history. It was a published record of the limited list of establishments at which […]
Rated R 106 Minutes Released October 19 Melissa McCarthy is one of those rare actors whose instinct can unmask the face of comedy as the alter ego of tragedy. Don’t go into this movie thinking […]
Rated R 133 Minutes Released October 10 In light of the enormously significant election we just participated in, I would like to bring attention to a film that I believe everyone should see, Paul Greengrass’s “22 […]
FILM REVIEW “WHAT THEY HAD” Rated R 101 Minutes Released October 19th “What They Had” is a first-time project for Elizabeth Chomko as a writer/director. She possesses a fine intuition for filmmaking and this is […]
I have to admit I was one of those people who thought “La La Land” was a beautiful movie yet somehow it was missing a heartbeat. With “First Man”, Damien Chazelle, who directed the aforementioned […]
FILM REVIEW BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE Rated R 120 Minutes Released October 12th Wow! From the jet black soundless screen that begins this movie, to the emotionally explosive end, get ready to be […]
Rated R 105 Minutes Released October 5 “The Happy Prince” may be the closest we will come to actually viewing the great Irish humorist and playwright Oscar Wilde on the screen. Rupert Everett wrote, directed […]
FILM REVIEW PEPPERMINT Rated R 102 Minutes Released September 7th Peppermint is a classic vigilante story with a graphically gruesome, dark and gritty style. Here the hero seeking vengeance is female, played by Jennifer Garner. […]
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