My friend Steve has a new neighbor downstairs. She threw a loud party right after moving in. Apartment walls are thin in New York City. It was…
In the movie world we’re used to sequels — “Fast & Furious” is up to 12. And occasionally we see prequels, a story that takes places befor…
In the movie world we’re used to sequels — “Fast & Furious” is up to 12. And occasionally we see prequels, a story that takes places befor…
We all know that professional wrestling is show biz. That the muscled, costumed grapplers are merely acting a part. After all, it says so in t…
Washington Heights is that multicultural neighborhood just north of Harlem in New York City. I’ve been there many times and noticed its slow g…
After an eight-year comedic run on TV’s “The Office,” John Krasinski reinvented himself as a leading man in the rough-and-tumble Amazon versio…
I like a good survival story. One where the protagonist overcomes all odds to stay alive. I think this will to survive, to continue living, is…
Legendary Pictures figures you have been cooped up long enough without any rock-‘em-sock-‘em blockbuster movies (read: “Transformer” movies, a…
What young person did not read “The Catcher in the Rye,” the 1951 novel that gave us Holden Caulfield, an icon of teenage rebellion. We all id…
Little did you know you were speaking Japanese when sending out texts and emails that contain those little smiley faces. Emoji is actually a J…
There’s a new Denzel Washington movie, debuting simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. That’s Warner Bros. new COVID-19 strategy, a distri…
KEY WEST — Tropic Cinema will be a part of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival screening both in-person and online premiers.
Entertainment comes in many forms, so we try to mix up our reviews, covering a carousel of genres — dramas, blockbusters, documentaries, indie…
OK, I have to do it — review “Wonder Woman 1984.” After all, it’s a $200-million movie in a year where few big-bucks movies were released. And…
We haven’t seen many Westerns from Hollywood in the last decade or so.
While most critics were watching this season’s big tentpole movies — Tom Hanks in “News of the World” and Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman 1984” — I…
Words matter. That’s why I own a Webster’s Dictionary and a Roget’s Thesaurus. Also, at one point in my career, I got to oversee the publicati…
Ben Mankiewicz is one of the hosts on Turner Classic Movies. He has a good pedigree when it comes to films. His grandfather was Herman Jacob M…
I grew up in Appalachia, so I know something about hillbillies. I guess you could say I am one. My wife affectionately calls me her Renaissanc…
Queen’s Gambit is a tricky chess move in which a sacrifice of the queen’s bishop’s pawn is offered. It’s an attack that puts constant pressure…
Back in the ‘70s I used to sometimes watch a Sunday morning TV show called “Make a Wish.” A children’s program with songs, it was hosted by a …
Borat is back. After 14 years (supposedly in prison for shaming his country), he returns in a new mockumentary titled “Borat Subsequent Movief…
It sounds like a novel by John D. MacDonald, but this heist film is actually based on a 1971 book by MacDonald’s contemporary, Charles Willeford.
I’ve long been a Sherlock Holmes fan. Read all the books. Made a pilgrimage to Baker Street in London. Visited the Sherlock Holmes Pub. Seen m…
Movies houses are struggling to reopen, but new films are limited due to production shutdowns during this pandemic. Still, a few are finding t…
My son looks like a younger Bill Murray. He has won lookalike contests. Waitresses serve him with the greeting, “You know who you look like?” …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a change in its rules. In order to be considered in the future for an Oscar, a m…
Movie theaters are starting to open up and new feature films are filtering onto their screens. But new movies continue to debut on streaming v…