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.
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…
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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…
Think of it as a big experiment, this new film called “Tenet,” written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Can a big budget blockbuster by a “n…