Jon Stewart’s second film, another foray into politics is hardly as effective as his earlier Rosewater which brought to life the struggles of an Iran-born Canadian reporter for the BBC in his land during and after an election to unseat an incumbent. Irresistible goes for topicality in stirring up small-town Midwest life in touching on […]
Reviews
You Should Have Left
Kevin Bacon reunites with writer/director David Koepp after 1999s Stir of Echoes under the auspices of Blumhouse Productions. You Should Have Left has the aura of mystery and the eerie, to go along with delusion and paranoia; the combination invites a palatable psychological thriller. Alas, even in smoothing it all out at the conclusion the […]
Millions
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. A lightweight, often charming take on the old Richard Pryor/John Candy film Brewster’s Millions with a child like sensibility is Millions, directed by Danny Boyle. Some audiences will have a little trouble with some of the British accents, especially younger ones. Boyle, after his apocalyptic zombie world 28 Days Later, locates this […]
The King of Staten Island
One of the first studio releases going on digital platforms as much of the U.S. is easing its lockdown measures during a global pandemic is Judd Apatow’s latest opus, his first since This is 40. The director, producer and co-writer collaborates with skinny Saturday Night Live performer/stand-up artist Pete Davidson in The King of Staten […]
La La Land
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. An exhilaratingly vibrant musical from the maker of Whiplash is 21st Century but feels like a lighthearted portmanteau of Hollywood’s glory days in the genre when Rogers and Astaire had many hearts aflutter. Rhode Island’s Damien Chazelle writes and directs an indelible La La Land which is sweeping in its Cinemascope presentation […]