Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three Superhero stories are being sacrificed on the altar of “enough” that’s what’s happening. It’s “enough” to sprinkle diversity across select monthly comics while letting the old, white guard rest on its laurels. It’s “enough” to churn out post-Endgame MCU material that does little more than tease […]
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Jules In “Jules,” the movie that won’t be mistaken for “E.T.” or “Cocoon” but will remind science fiction fans of both early and often and does not discourage them from doing so three elderly men encounter what appears to be an extraterrestrial. The film is set in Boonton, Pennsylvania, a town just rural enough to
Elemental When it is functioning at full tilt, Pixar is unrivaled. The company regularly churns out clever, charming and dazzlingly original movies that can touch the heart and fire the imagination: “Toy Story,” “Ratatouille,” “Up” and “Inside Out” are among the best films of their respective years, bar none. So it has been disheartening in
Totally Killer “Totally Killer” is a Halloween homage to “Back to the Future” that’s also smart enough to know its roots and wink at them mashing up two genres for some fish out of water laughs while making, if not perfect sense, then as much sense as any time travel sci-fi does. If anything suffers
Gran Turismo There are some movies that are nearly good, almost great, and it’s infuriating because you know it could have been so much more. Neill Blomkamp’s “Gran Turismo” is a wonder of a crowd-pleaser, an oddball sports drama that refuses to believe in character; a work of art that sidesteps character development at every
Anora Sean Baker’s films like “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket,” always center on people from the fringes. With “Anora,” his latest feature, he does something different: The main character is put on a fast track to extreme wealth almost immediately. The movie stars Mikey Madison (“Better Things”) in what should be a star making
Ezra I served as a juror for the Florida Film Festival last month, working in the Narrative Feature category. Of all the movies I saw and there were some good ones perhaps the most interesting pair was “Hellbent for Boogie,” directed by Vito Trupiano, and “Ezra,” directed by Tony Goldwyn from a screenplay by Tony
The Last Voyage of the Demeter The ship Demeter transports cargo, which comes from Transylvania and is bound for London, it is the vessel on which Bram Stoker’s Dracula travels. The 16-page part (in my edition) that chronicles this ill-fated journey the seventh chapter of the book contains some of the most vivid writing in
Old Dads “Old Dads” boasts an excellent cast but it’s hardly a movie at all, which is too bad considering it’s Bill Burr’s directorial debut. Though best known as a comedian, talk show guest and podcaster, Burr has established himself as one of the great standups turned actors of his generation, consistently delivering performances in
Beau Is Afraid Have you ever heard the one about the boy who was scared of his mother? “Beau Is Afraid,” which tells that joke for three gobsmacking, sometimes exhausting, always beguiling hours, might have been designed around a riveting performance from Joaquin Phoenix except that in this case it’s actually a stunning physicalization. Here
