DISNEY’S ‘MOANA’: TRADITION RENEWED
The Walt Disney Animation Studio has been on a winning streak, and Moana continues that momentum. Beautiful to behold,…
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA:…
The annual award-movie avalanche is upon us, a bombardment of advertising, screeners and emails–but at this juncture, Manchester by the…
THE HAUNTING OF ‘NOCTURNAL…
At one time it was normal to tell a story from beginning to end; now, juggling a movie’s timeline…
ONE MORE ROUND: ‘BLEED…
We’ve been there and seen much of this before: the story of a tough-talking fighter who doesn’t know when…
LOOK OUT FOR ‘FANTASTIC…
The success of this movie seems to have been predetermined by its pedigree (an original screenplay by J.K. Rowling—her…
ELLE: A DANGEROUS GAME
Anyone familiar with the work of director Paul Verhoeven should expect a potent, visceral experience from the innocently-titled French…
HACKING AWAY AT ‘HACKSAW…
A great story doesn’t always translate into a great movie, and that’s the disappointing case with Hacksaw Ridge. No…
