It would be easy to bash Cats like so many other reviewers have done because the movie really is bad and the puns are just too tempting. But the truth is, it's not a complete cat-astrophe. (Okay, I couldn't help it.) … [Read more...] about “cats” movie review
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“portrait of a lady on fire” movie review
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is so beautiful, it's like a painting in itself. This French film tells the story of Marianne (Noémie Merlant), a young artist commissioned to paint a wedding portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel). The painting is to be sent to Héloïse's future husband … [Read more...] about “portrait of a lady on fire” movie review
“richard jewell” movie review
There are a lot of movies that will outrage you this holiday season, and Richard Jewell is right up there. Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort is based on the true story of the bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta that killed two people and injured more than one … [Read more...] about “richard jewell” movie review
“uncut gems” movie review
WOW. That was pretty much all I could say after the screening of Uncut Gems. The Safdie Brothers' Uncut Gems is the kind of movie you either love or hate -- and, really, I should have hated it. It's ugly, it's violent, it's misogynistic, it's filled with non-stop … [Read more...] about “uncut gems” movie review
“knives out” movie review
Knives Out just may be the most fun movie of the year - which is an odd thing to say about a murder mystery. When popular writer Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead in his study the morning after his 85th birthday, it looks like a suicide except who really … [Read more...] about “knives out” movie review
“the irishman” movie review
Before watching The Irishman, I would have said Martin Scorsese never needed to make another gangster movie again. I mean, how many Mob guys killing each other does anyone need to see? And yet, The Irishman is on my list of best movies of the year. … [Read more...] about “the irishman” movie review
“the good liar” movie review
Why, oh, why couldn't The Good Liar live up to its amazing stars? How can a feature length film starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen not be as good as the episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in which the brilliant actors act out the President's Ukraine call? … [Read more...] about “the good liar” movie review
“a beautiful day in the neighborhood” movie review
Having raved about Won't You Be My Neighbor, the documentary which turned me into a Fred Rogers fan at the age of fiftysomething, my first reaction upon learning about A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was "Who needs another movie about Mr. Rogers?" Well, apparently we all … [Read more...] about “a beautiful day in the neighborhood” movie review