The final chapter of the trilogy which concludes the epic Star Wars trilogies has finally arrived, and it is a bit underwhelming. Much like Return of the Jedi was back in 1983, I feel obliged to remind everyone. It is […]

Of course I love movies of all kinds and varieties, but I am not so crazy about films in which no one can be trusted. Mysteries and thrillers in which everyone is suspect — even the narrator or lead character […]

Some movies barely contain enough decent material to merit filming — or fail to deliver even that much entertainment. Thankfully others, such as Bombshell, burst with rich storylines, deep characters and creative energy to spare. I had trepidations about this […]

Yet another true life story comes to theaters, elucidating a largely unknown or forgotten chapter of history. In this case it is the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta, in which security guard Richard Jewell was first celebrated as a hero […]

Mark Ruffalo is starting to become known as a crusader. He crusaded against a serial killer in Zodiac, child molesting priests in Spotlight, and now takes on a polluting chemical company in Dark Waters. Coincidentally, this is Ruffalo’s second cinematic […]

The “Charlie’s Angels” premise has always been a peculiar one for me. Three lovely, smart women, guided by an unseen man’s instructions, kick butt and save the world. It’s an empowering concept, allowing the women to use their brains and […]

Martin Scorsese returns to familiar territory with his newest drama, The Irishman. It is a story about organized labor, and the organized crime that accompanied the rise of the Teamsters in the 1950s and ’60s. It is about the fate […]

Let’s give this movie some credit: it is perhaps the definitive examination of a character forced into madness by elements completely out of his control. Everything awful that can happen to Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) does, and it shouldn’t be […]

Charles Addams’ creation called The Addams Family made its debut as a comic strip in 1938, then most famously ran as a television show from 1964 to 1966. Three more television series followed (two of them animated), plus two made-for-television […]