A billion-dollar question that will need more than a billion dollars to be answered. Concerns around the success of the much-awaited Avatar sequel Way of Water have been making rounds for quite a long time now. And these concerns are…
Read moreHello, Wisconsin! Netflix blessed us with the first extended trailer for That '90s Show this holiday season. For anyone looking to recapture their love of the original series, this trailer did not disappoint. Picking up in the summer of 1995,…
Read moreNo film at the Venice Film Festival not called “Don’t Worry Darling” has attracted such morbid fascination as Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe not-a-biopic, “Blonde.” Turns out that “morbid” qualifier is soft, to say the least: to call “Blonde” relentless would…
Read moreTypically associated with expansive desert vistas and sun-drenched ghost towns, the Western genre is oftentimes placed within a restrictive category of summer-tinged spaces where personal roaming and political conquest seem never-ending. Although films like The Hateful Eight present the West…
Read morePerhaps one of the classic examples of the power of peace and love can be seen within The Grinch’s character arc. He goes from a foul one to a lovable cheer meister. His heart grew three sizes in one night,…
Read moreWill there be any surprises when the 2022 Emmy season comes to a close Monday night? Can “Abbott Elementary” or “Hacks” topple “Ted Lasso” for Comedy Series? Could “Squid Game,” “Severance,” or “Stranger Things” take out “Succession” for Drama Series?…
Read moreTop Ten films of 2022 . . . that’s a tough chore. Once again, I’m coming in right under the wire. As I write this, my list of Top Films of 2022, we’re seven hours, 30 minutes from ringing in…
Read moreThroughout his storied career, Quentin Tarantino has crafted characters that transcend the bounds of the films in which they exist, embodying a bold and distinctly cinematic vision of ensemble storytelling. From immortalized fan favorites like Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson)…
Read moreAlthough the genre seldom goes out of fashion, fans of horror comedies have been particularly spoiled for choice of late, with Henry Selick's animated film Wendell & Wild, indie found footage film Deadstream, and Netflix's Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday…
Read moreWriter/director Florian Zeller cannot manage to reproduce the magic of “The Father” with his latest film, “The Son.” This latest screen adaptation of Zeller’s trilogy of stage plays about families falling apart, co-written with Englishman Christopher Hampton, expands its setting…
Read moreAva Gardner’s exceptional career is due as much to her straightforward southern disposition and bold personality as her acting acumen. In a time when women were often encouraged to play the demure and docile second fiddle, Gardner was a formidable…
Read moreThey were somewhere outside around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. By the end of this psychedelic adventure starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro, we do feel a bit light-headed, as…
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