Film has been integral to our identities for decades upon decades, from feeling inspired by on-screen victories to grieving alongside our favorite characters. For local film critic […]
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Feel free to be a no-show to wedding comedy ‘Mother of the Bride
When my kids were younger, we would regularly watch the Nickelodeon show, “iCarly.” It was a relatively silly show about three friends who ran their own web […]
Guy Ritchie’s latest is a victorious action picture
The story behind Guy Ritchie’s newest film, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” sounds like a Quentin Tarantino alternate history movie. Even the poster has strong “Inglorious Basterds” […]
‘Musica’ takes a different tune with rom-com format
I love it when a movie surprises me, particularly when it’s in a genre with a fairly predictable style. Messing with the formula is often necessary to […]
‘Scoop’ doesn’t dig into the characters enough to score
The story of who did what when they were with Jeffrey Epstein is something that was always going to be murky. And any possibility of the full […]
‘The Greatest Hits’ doesn’t quite sing
In my not-writing life, I work in music. I studied music in college, I teach private lessons and I play out when I can. But even those […]
‘Steve! (martin)’ a two-part doc about one-of-a-kind talent
My introduction to Steve Martin was probably through “The Muppet Movie,” but I fell in love with him through a copy of “The Three Amigos” that my […]
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ is an unhinged yet funny tale of revenge
Sometimes movies are predictable, and that just makes them boring. Often, when you can see what’s coming in the story, it takes all of the joy out […]
Netflix fails to capture the weight of Shirley Chisholm’s story in new biopic ‘Shirley’
In 1968, Shirley Chisholm was elected as the first black woman to the United States House of Representatives. She spent her early years as a teacher, then […]
Adam Sandler, a giant spider and a touchingly beautiful film — really
A movie with Adam Sandler and a giant space spider would have a very particular vibe if it were made in the 1990s, but at this point […]
