Was it serendipity or did the French filmmakers of Happening know to release their film at this precise time in the U.S.? Happening is something that everyone should see, given our current state of affairs in which Roe vs. Wade is likely to be overturned in the U.S. I have to think that director Audrey Diwan (and co-writer with […]
The casual superhero movie viewer might not remember the events of the original “Doctor Strange,” and not everyone will have seen the limited series “Wanda Vision,” and that’s ok. Versatile director Sam Raimi brings his specific set of skills to this sequel that takes the viewer on a gothic horror movie journey. The production design
No justice? Well…maybe… That’s the subject of this thriller starring Liam Neeson in the role of a paid assassin; that is, is justice ever served, really? The extra twist in this movie based on an earlier Belgium movie entitled The Memory of a Killer is that the paid assassin is suffering from progressing Alzheimer’s Disease. In this case, Alex Lewis
This production executive produced by the Duplass brothers and Roshan Sethi (the latter also the director) and written by Sethi and the star Karan Soni seemed to have promise but turns out to be less interesting than expected. I realize that I was anticipating something like The Big Sick (starring Kumal Nanjani and Zoe Kazan), a rom-com written
A trip through director Robert Eggers’ filmography will be most useful for those experiencing his work for the first time. A word to the wise — marketing Eggers films to mainstream audiences is tricky, so his trailers are cut to sell you something you think you are familiar with. His debut “The Witch” was not
This is a curious mixing up of reality and fantasy, though mostly fantasy. It seems that writer (with Kevin Etten) and director Tom Gormican intended to make a spoof of Nicholas Cage and his movies by weaving in and out of both in a multi-layered piece that oftentimes uncannily mirrors Cage’s own life and career. To enmesh
Director David Yates and screenwriter J.K. Rowling can’t conjure enough secrets to keep their fledgling Harry Potter spinoff interesting. A continuation from the previous two films, with even more Hogwarts and Dumbledore this time around, “The Secrets of Dumbledore” is a long-winded slog. Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, the charming focal point of the first film,
A romantic tryst in a mansion on a sunny day between lovers who have been seeing each other for seven years seems like it will be a lovely story, except that it’s bittersweet; this will be their last time together because Paul (O’Connor) is getting married the next day to someone else. Jane (Young) seems to
Michael Bay’s association with film has come to mean a very specific product over the years. The ambitious director has given us movies like “Transformers” 1 through 5, “Bad Boys” 1 and 2, and “Armageddon.” Under Bay’s direction everything is cranked up beyond acceptable levels, overblown and overexaggerated. In many ways Bay reflects what one
Rarely do films come along that break all molds, creating something entirely new for audiences to enjoy and cinephiles to dissect. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is that film for 2022. You could categorize Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s latest invention as avant-garde, but when has that categorization ever been this fun? The “Daniels,” as