Are the Academy Awards dying?
The 98th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone, and the only issue in dispute is whether the movie industry’s [...]
Film: “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Dramatizing the life of famous musicians has become a Hollywood staple. Biopics about Ray Charles (2004), Freddie Mercury (2018), Elton [...]
Film: “Marty Supreme”
Could this film have been 98 minutes instead of 150? Yes. Was it incredibly overstimulating? Yes. Seeing it in the [...]
Film: “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
The movie “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is supposed to be a sequel to “28 Years Later,” the third [...]
Film: Sydney Sweeney as “Christy” (2025)
Twenty-eight-year-old Sydney Sweeney is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s “hottest” celebrities. Her sometime co-star Zendaya is considered more exotic and [...]
The best Christmas classics (and some campiness) on film
Christmas is right around the corner! And what better way to get into the spirit of the yuletide season than [...]
Film: “John Candy: I Like Me”
Hollywood actor John Candy wasn’t a leading man, much less a major film star, but when he died prematurely at [...]
Film: “28 Years Later”
Films and TV series about zombies are all the rage these days. The extraordinary success of the cable series “The [...]
Film: “The Naked Gun” (2025)
Liam Neeson gives us all a little of what I think the world needs right now: Absolute silly, goofy behavior [...]
Film: “Friendship”
It's hard to say whether narcissism is really at an all-time high or if there's just too much being said [...]
One beautiful montage
Among film connoisseurs, one of the most abhorred techniques is the montage. Some critics consider it a cardinal sin, an [...]