British TV producers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss gave the world a revamped Doctor Who and the modern version of Sherlock. Given their pedigree, what could they take on next? How about Bram Stoker’s Transylvanian count? Well, that’s what we got with a modernized mini-series Dracula, now available on Netflix Read more…
This is a bad time of year to hit the local multiplex at least once a week. January means all the stuff the studios didn’t think was remotely good comes out as it’s all they have left after releasing the good stuff for possible awards consideration. True, a number of Read more…
I’m not much of an Adam Sandler fan. I think I enjoyed some of his SNL stuff back in the day, but these days Sandler is the very picture of the lazy comedic actor. His movies all look about the same, and he rarely seems to be trying. He can, Read more…
I can’t say that I have ever read Louise May Alcott’s Little Women, but I am somewhat familiar with the story because my ex-wife was really into all things Winona Ryder, including the 1994 movie version. I remember it mostly because at the end, after Claire Danes died, Ryder’s Jo Read more…
Can you make a movie about Fox News and its inner workings without making it particularly political? The new movie Bombshell seems to try as it focuses most of its energy onto various women working there and the toxic workplace they all had to deal with, most notably coming from Read more…
Cats. My God. Someone made this. Cats. Well, I did go to see it to see if it merited the nearly universal negative response it got. I mean, 18% on Rotten Tomatoes means somebody liked it. Would I get it? I’m not overly familiar with the play it’s based on Read more…
Normally, I see big releases the weekend they come out, and I saw the trailer for Queen & Slim plenty of times before the movie came out. Why did I wait to see this one? Bad weather. I figured I would have time to catch up eventually, and now that Read more…
As I have mentioned before many, many times, the original Star Wars is the first movie I can remember seeing in a theater. I loved it then and I loved it now. The prospect of more when Disney bought out the rights was, at first, a cause for cautious optimism. Read more…
It seems like everyone is releasing movies straight to streaming now and by-passing the traditional theatrical release, or at least just issuing a limited one. But if it was good enough for Martin Scorsese, it should be good enough for Michael Bay. Hold on. That sounds very wrong. Anyway, Netflix Read more…
I think the trailer for Richard Jewell bothered me a little bit. I generally enjoy movies directed by Clint Eastwood, but of late, he’s been on something of a “real American heroes” thing, where most of his movies have been based on real heroics by various Americans. Heck, even The Read more…