If “Dune” from 2021 was a preface, an introduction, breaking us gently into the dense universe of author Frank Herbert, then “Dune Part Two” is an acceleration. With each of his films, director, now auteur Denis Villeneuve, hones his craft, creating films with a brilliance that has lately only been seen in Christopher Nolan’s films. […]
“Being the Ricardos” almost had a casting issue. After Cate Blanchett dropped out of playing Lucille Ball, fellow Aussie Nicole Kidman stepped in. If you go into Sorkin’s flick with the understanding that Kidman isn’t trying to embody Ball, everything makes more sense. In fact, you could totally ignore who Kidman and Bardem are playing
It would never take much rebooting of Frank Herbert’s beloved “Dune” to be better than its 1984 disappointment helmed by David Lynch. Like “The Lord of the Rings” or Comic Book adaptions, the technology needed to be invented to match the imagination and world-building in the science fiction epic, long hailed the greatest of all
Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (“The Salesman, “A Separation”) returns with big stars in his first Spanish-language film “Everybody Knows.” It received a lukewarm reception at Cannes and I can see why. The suspense thriller starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem feels less socially important than Farhadi’s previous work. That said, “Everybody Knows” is his
Despite its title, this film is not essentially about Pablo Escobar; based on the TV anchorwoman Virginia Vallejo’s memoir about her love affair with him, it covers her gradual realization of who he actually was and the ways in which their relationship affected her life. In the beginning, she is so charmed by him and impressed
First and foremost, can we all agree that Black Swan was an outlier when it comes to Darren Aronofsky. His films are the definition of divisive and he delivers stories that mean something to him, and the rest of the audience be damned. Mother is Aronofsky’s satanic horror film which begins like most horror genre
Disney has taken a desperate approach to revive one of its longest running and high grossing franchises. “Pirates of the Caribbean” returns with a fifth installment (they swore the fourth was the final), titled “Dead Men Tell No Tales”. New directors, new musical composer, but the same old story. It’s hard to imagine back in
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