Blow the Man DownWritten and Directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy The new film “Blow the Man Down,” which begins streaming on Amazon Prime today, establishes its offbeat credentials in...
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OnwardDirected and Co-Written by Dan Scanlon Disney-Pixar’s latest animated adventure “Onward” is based on the oft-repeated theme in children’s stories of a land in which magic has been lost. But...
DownhillCo-written and Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash This week’s “Downhill” is an American remake of the 2014 Swedish film “Force Majeure,” which is currently streaming on Hulu. The premise of...
Birds of PreyDirected by Cathy Yan “Birds of Prey,” or more completely “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,” is a tricky movie to describe and that may be its...
The GentlemenDirected Co-Written by Guy Ritchie “The Gentlemen” is a return to early form for Guy Ritchie, who in recent years has made big budget, flashy projects with mixed results, such as...
Just MercyDirected by Destin Daniel Cretton “Just Mercy” is the kind of film that makes me wish I spent less time in theaters and saw fewer films. Not because it’s bad, quite the opposite –...
Recent columns have covered several films still in theaters, including “Ford v Ferrari,” “Knives Out,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” and the inscrutable “Frozen II.” Here are most of the...
As often happens, following a major holiday, both movie choices and food choices are dominated by leftovers from the previous week. With that in mind, here’s a quick moviebriefs roundup of four...
Ford v FerrariDirected by James Mangold Perhaps the most convincing thing I can report about watching “Ford vs. Ferrari” was a brief encounter after the screening. An older woman walked slowly out of...
Here’s a quick moviebriefs roundup of what new at local theaters this week. “Jojo Rabbit” is the standout new film of the week and both very funny and a film that makes you worry on occasion whether...
Maleficent: Mistress of EvilDirected by Joachim Rønning Angelina Jolie is back as Maleficent in this surprisingly dark and not especially kid-friendly sequel to the 2014 film. Aurora (Elle Fanning)...
JokerDirected and Co-Written by Todd Phillips There’s a lot that’s been said about “Joker,” much before it opened – including opinions that seemed formed before many had seen the film. It’s a harder...
JudyDirected by Rupert Goold By 1969, and the occasion of her untimely death from a barbiturate overdose, Judy Garland had been performing for approximately 45 of her 47 years. And by her own...
Ad AstraDirected by James Gray “Ad Astra” will likely disappoint those viewers hoping for an action-oriented space drama, as it delivers an experience more “2001: A Space Odyssey” than, say, “Gravity...
The Peanut Butter Falcon Written and Directed by Tyler Nilsen and Mike Schwartz “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is one of those films that manages to feel unique and yet reminiscent of other films at the...
Where’d You Go Bernadette?Directed by Richard Linklater Throughout Richard Linklater’s filmography, there are films that deal more with experience and growth than with complex narrative plots...
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Directed by David Leitch It’s probably best not to wonder how one movie franchise presents another, but it’s not a film you should think that hard about...
The Lion KingDirected by Jon Favreau Twenty five years after the much-loved, more traditionally animated version of “The Lion King,” this new film is the latest Disney project to re-make classic...
Spider-Man: Far from HomeDirected by Jon Watts Although many seem to have viewed the still very recent “Avengers: Endgame” as the last installment in an era of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)...
YesterdayDirected by Danny Boyle The central conceit of “”Yesterday” is both simple and wonderful as the starting point for a film. What if somebody found themselves in an alternate reality in which...