INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
There’s an old, old show-business maxim that encourages performers to leave their audiences wanting more. Apparently that concept is unknown to many of today’s movers and shakers. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has everything money can buy and…
A MOVIE PALACE TAKES A BOW
If you watched any of this year’s Tony Awards show you may have noticed that the ceremony didn’t take place at Radio City Music Hall, as it often does. The location was way uptown in Washington Heights at the United…
THE FLASH: TOO MANY COOKS
Blame the ancient Greeks for inventing the general idea of the multiverse. Blame DC for propagating the concept in one of its Flash comics in 1961. And blame anyone you like for this hot mess of a film, directed by Andy…
NO HOLDS BARRED IN ‘NO HARD FEELINGS’
I am about to recommend a mildly raunchy R-rated comedy for one simple reason: I had fun watching it. I am so sick and tired of overlong, overproduced, formulaic “content” that this insignificant movie looks like a work of…
‘YOU HURT MY FEELINGS’: A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
As a dyed-in-the-wool fan of Nicole Holofcener’s work I enjoy spending time in the world she creates and the characters who populate it. I may not be the most reliable person to assess her new feature, which reunites her…
‘BLACKBERRY’ IS TRUE TO LIFE
As the passing parade rushes by there is a danger of forgetting events of the recent past. To his credit, Canadian actor and filmmaker Matt Johnson has dramatized the rise and fall of a hand-held device that was a…
THREE STOOGES, GROUCHO, BEAU GESTE AND OTHER OBSESSIONS
The line between scholarship and obsession is often blurry. Academics are praised for spending years on a thesis or book, while superfans and enthusiasts are often dismissed as wackos. Here are five happy results of personal, passionate pursuits: four…
