AVATAR: ON THE CUTTING…
I surrender. It’s easy to poke holes in James Cameron’s films because of awkward dialogue or glib characterizations or…
TOP GUN MAVERICK: THE…
Why would anyone in today’s desirable moviegoing demo want to see a sequel to a 1986 film—even one as…
ALL HAIL ‘THE DUKE’
If the rampant bloodiness of The Northman and the hyperkineticism of Everything Everywhere All At Once don’t strike your fancy you would do…
‘ALLIED’: TRUE-BLUE HOLLYWOOD STORYTELLING
I wish there was another way to say “old-fashioned” and not make it seem like a putdown. I faced…
ARRIVAL: A PUZZLE WORTH…
A movie doesn’t have to spell everything out for me if I get a sense that the filmmaker is…
THE LESS-THAN-MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
If you’ve never seen a Western before, Hollywood’s latest effort to revive the genre may divert and even entertain…
OLIVER STONE’S SNOWDEN: TOO…
Does the world still need a primer on Edward Snowden? If the answer is yes, then Oliver Stone has…
