Reviews
Today’s consumers have more entertainment options than ever before thanks to technology and the explosion of new media outlets. That’s why Hollywood in Toto will help readers suss out the very best content across media. We all lead busy lives. Let’s consume only the highest quality movies, television shows and music with our limited leisure time.
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‘The Naked Gun’ Shovels More Dirt on Woke Comedy’s Grave
It’s darn near sacrilegious to reboot “The Naked Gun” without David Zucker. The comic maestro gave us three glorious “Gun”…
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‘King of the Hill’ Reboot Pokes Overdue Fun at Woke
Mike Judge won’t let go the woke. The “Beavis & Butt-head” creator is one of the few comic voices to…
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‘Oh, Hi!’ Takes Rom-Coms in Bracing New Direction
Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi!” gets its title from a cornball pun on Ohio and a sign visible in a small…
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How Penn’s ‘Crossing Guard’ Brought Out Best in Nicholson
Sean Penn’s “The Crossing Guard” (1995) marked the star’s second film as writer/director (the first being 1991’s “The Indian Runner”)…
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‘Fantastic Four’ – Pro-Family, Pro-Life and Pro-MCU
The “Fast & Furious” franchise is all about family … and driving cars through massive holes in logic and physics.…
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‘Monster Island’ – The Creature from the WWII Lagoon
The Creature from the Black Lagoon has some company. “Monster Island” features a sea creature who bears a striking resemblance…
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‘Ick’ Delivers Culture War TKO
Brandon Routh’s character is far from super in the horror-comedy “Ick.” He plays a nebbishy science teacher standing between his…
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‘Wonder Boys’ at 25: The College Mindset, Defined
Curtis Hanson’s “Wonder Boys” (2000) is my college movie, the film I look to when I think back to not…
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‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Will Delight Hardcore Fans
The Piano Man narrates his remarkable life in the two-part HBO Max documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes.” What…
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‘Explorers’ at 40: How Joe Dante Captured Childhood Awe, Wonder
If “The Goonies” was written by Carl Sagan, it might have resembled “Explorers,” the 1985 fantasy that director Joe Dante…
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