Reviews

What are the possibilities of the human experience?

Is it our ability to feel and the varied experiences of pleasure? Is it the joy that comes with being empathetic, our …
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World War films are an oddity as a Christmas time attraction, but many have opened around the holidays and found an appreciative crowd.

This year, Sam Mendes’ highly lauded “1917,” …
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When I was 7 my father took me to see my first Broadway musical, which was “Cats.”

It was 1985, I was living in Riverdale, N.J. at the time and, …
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This hasn’t been a good year for iconic film franchises.

Just ask the minds behind high-profile duds like “Charlie’s Angels,” “Men in Black,” “Terminator” or “Dark Phoenix.” Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo: …
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Some of my favorite movie memories are of finding B-movie VHS treasures with my Dad, cackling over the box art and renting the videocassette in search of cheap thrills.

While …
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“I got a bad feeling about this …”

Yes, that fan service line reappears in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” The ninth and final film in the space saga …
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If I had a bad-film choice on my Christmas wish list  it’s a major effort with big names leading to a disaster.

Enter “Christmas with the Kranks.”

This yuletide lump …
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Martin Scorsese picked a terrible time to trash comic book movies.

The Oscar winner mocked Marvel films earlier this year, proclaiming they weren’t “cinema.” The comments sparked a weeks-long outcry. …
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Confession: I’m a devout Christian and my favorite Christmas movie is “Bad Santa.”

This profane, wickedly and wincingly funny dark comedy captures the essence of the Christmas message better than …
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It take a full hour for “Bombshell” to resemble an actual movie.

Until that point, it’s a screeching op-ed against all things Fox News, real and imagined.

The “real” part …
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