Author Archive

December 23, 2021

The Matrix Resurrections

Lana Wachowski goes for broke here. And, oh yeah, there are a lot of effects, too.

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December 21, 2021

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The promise of the combo: Coen, Washington, McDormand and, oh yeah, Shakespeare, may be scintillating, the result is every bit as stunning as we’d hoped.

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Parallel Mothers

December 21, 2021

Pedro Almodovar’s melodrama is a full bodied toast to motherhood, the good, the bad and the oh so complicated.

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Being the Ricardos

December 19, 2021

I’m all for showing the love for Lucy (and Desi) but I’m not sure this homage will make us feel it.

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The King’s Man

December 19, 2021

This origins story is a little bit schizophrenic, and a little bit fun.

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Nightmare Alley

December 14, 2021

Guillermo del Toro’s remake of the 1940’s film noir is appropriately creepy. It’s also weirdly cold, which, sadly, neutralizes the whole damn thing.

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And Just Like That

December 13, 2021

Too big and not Big Enough, the long awaited Sex and the City evolution pushes its embossed envelope in directions we need and some, maybe we don’t.

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Don’t Look Up

December 8, 2021

Adam McKay’s alleged comedy about the end of the world should be ambitious. But, somehow, it sure doesn’t feel that way.

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Red Rocket

December 6, 2021

Sean Baker’s disturbing comedy may not be perfect, but when it is, which it is often, it’s dynamite.

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West Side Story

December 4, 2021

From the way he teases us with the first whistles of the overture, we know Steven Spielberg is in full control, telling us a story many of us know, his way. And, for the most part, his way is pretty damn swell.

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