With the preponderance of international films vying for a variety of awards, including the coveted Academy Award as well as the US Gotham and International Press Academy awards, I’ve chosen three films that are particularly […]
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 selected out of three finalists by Russo Brothers, “a story that humanizes the historical tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911” Santa Monica College student film “Leaving the Factory” has won the […]
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”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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nick Hamm’s “Gigi & Nate,” is loosely based on the book by Ellen Rogers, which chronicled the physical and mental struggles of her son Edward “Ned” Sullivan. Adapted for the screen by David Hudgins, this […]
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 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 […]
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