What do Ben and Casey Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Naomi Campbell, Steve Carell, Jessica Chastain, Priyanka Chopra, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Laura Dern, … [Read more...] about Golden Globe Preview and Predictions: Lion and Ryans and Moonlight
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Oscar Season Preview: Moonlight, La La Land, Fences, Loving, The Arrival, and More!
If the idea of one more word about the current presidential campaigns fills you with terror, here's a suggestion. Distract yourself by focusing on a political contest with less weight and more … [Read more...] about Oscar Season Preview: Moonlight, La La Land, Fences, Loving, The Arrival, and More!
Summer Movie Season: Best & Worst Movies, Plus LGBT Highlights
While summer didn't technically begin until June 20th and isn't technically over, "Summer Movie Season" is not beholden to the solstice and equinox but to The Blockbuster. Summer has long been the … [Read more...] about Summer Movie Season: Best & Worst Movies, Plus LGBT Highlights
‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, Animation Magic with a Bravely Melancholy Undertow: REVIEW
Kubo and the Two Strings begins with Kubo's mother, navigating treacherous waves by slicing them in half with one melodramatic strum on her magical shamisen. The instrument has three strings, not two, … [Read more...] about ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, Animation Magic with a Bravely Melancholy Undertow: REVIEW
Meryl Streep Sings Perfectly Horribly in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ – Weekend Movie Review
It takes a gifted singer to sing this horribly. Every other note is wrong. No phrasing goes unmangled by shortness of breath. No lovely moment meant to soar cannot be shattered by a flat ear-piercing … [Read more...] about Meryl Streep Sings Perfectly Horribly in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ – Weekend Movie Review
‘Little Men’ is a Must-See: Weekend Movie Review
Feeling fatigued by summer movie season's emphasis on loud and flashy but ultimately empty spectacles? You're in luck. LITTLE MEN, now playing in limited release, is the perfect antidote: quiet but … [Read more...] about ‘Little Men’ is a Must-See: Weekend Movie Review
Absolutely Fabulous, Star Trek Beyond, and Captain Fantastic: Weekend Movie Review
Do you remember that bit in the AbFab series when Edina is turning 40 and her ex husband's new wife Bo (the hilarious Mo Gaffney), already in her 40s, is feeling really "sorted out" about … [Read more...] about Absolutely Fabulous, Star Trek Beyond, and Captain Fantastic: Weekend Movie Review
A Sweet and Silly Ghostbusters (2016) That’s More Than Satisfying: Weekend Movie Review
Remember when Sony rebooted Sam Raimi's take on Spider-Man (2002) with The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)? Their whole conceit at the time appeared to be "What if you didn't know the story?" so they just … [Read more...] about A Sweet and Silly Ghostbusters (2016) That’s More Than Satisfying: Weekend Movie Review
Adam Devine and Zac Efron Buddy Up for ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ – REVIEW
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates starts out giddy with a bouncy firecracker of a credits sequence. Please take that literally as the credits involve a trampoline, fireworks, and two gleeful bros Mike … [Read more...] about Adam Devine and Zac Efron Buddy Up for ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ – REVIEW
Beauty Really is Skin Deep in ‘The Neon Demon’ — MOVIE REVIEW
What are we looking at? THE NEON DEMON's first tableau features Elle Fanning, throat slit and reclining on a chaise lounge floating over a pool of photogenic crimson blood. It's so perfectly lit and … [Read more...] about Beauty Really is Skin Deep in ‘The Neon Demon’ — MOVIE REVIEW
