Movie Review: The Swimmers
Apologies to The Thirteenth Year. Or Swimfan. Or whoever’s working on a Michael Phelps biopic. But I don’t need to see another movie about swimmers. …
Biopic
Movie Review: I Wanna Dance With Somebody
The Voice. No, not the NBC sitcom. When the great singing voices get brought up – apologies to Mariah, Aretha – there’s THE Voice. The …
Movie Review: Emancipation
Yes, the slap might have permanently damaged Will Smith’s reputation in Hollywood, but he’s still got a lot of talent. Emancipation is being sold as …
Movie Review: Empire of Light
Every director has to go back to their past apparently. Empire of Light is another one I wish didn’t Sam Mendes, I love a lot …
Movie Review: Devotion
Hollywood only likes making American war movies about “the good wars.” You know, the ones where Americans are the heroes and the victors against great …
Movie Review: The Fabelmans
It’s Steven Spielberg’s time. In the age of director origin stories (Roma, The Hand of God, Belfast, Armageddon Time), it was only a matter of …
Movie Review: She Said
The movie industry She Said is going after is the reason “Hollywood Elites” have become such a rallying cry. The Weinstein scandal shows that even …
Movie Review: Argentina, 1985
My ignorance never let me know there was another Nuremberg trials. Down in Argentina, the old military leaders faced a similar trial against the new …
Movie Review: The Good Nurse
No, The Good Nurse is not the latest CBS procedural. It’s wildly the opposite of that: a lifetime movie masquerading as a prestige drama. Netlifx, …
Movie Review: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The idea was sitting right there for everyone to take: the fake biopic. Someone daring enough could take everything sentimental, dignified, and beautiful about telling …