I once put up a bond for a guy who then skipped town, leaving me holding the bag. The bail bond company hired a bounty hunter — not the rough-…
Missing person mysteries are a familiar subgenre. The new film “Missing’ calls to mind some of our favorites.
Missing person mysteries are a familiar subgenre. The new film “Missing’ calls to mind some of our favorites.
Bordering on satire, “When You Finish Saving the World” could have been a movie based on a “Saturday Night Live” skit. But it’s not. It’s a se…
“Having an old friend for dinner ...” — that’s a line with double meaning. The new film “Bones and All” is about cannibals, an on-screen taboo…
You’ve seen variations on this theme before, whether it be “Grumpy Old Men,” “St. Vincent,” “Gran Turino,” or TV’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The…
Older moviegoers may remember a film called “All the Fine Young Cannibals,” starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. But it wasn’t about cannibals.
Gerard Butler’s limited acting range and burly physique make him ideal for action movies. To wit: “Olympus Has Fallen,” “London Has Fallen,” “…
“Tradition,” as the song says is the theme of “Fiddler on the Roof” — relying in life on tradition, and accepting its inevitable changes.
Remember “The Stepford Wives,” that eerie tale about robotic housewives. Well, blend that with all those bloody “Chucky” and “Child Play” movi…
In “Decision to Leave” — the new romantic mystery by South Korea’s Park Chan-wook — we meet Jang Hae-Jun, an insomniac policeman who is invest…
The new movie “M3gen” gives us another scary doll. That got us thinking about all those horror movies featuring dangerous playthings.
“For some, New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate,” says Oprah Winfrey. “It’s the end of one year and the (almost) start of another, where ever…
I met Whitney Houston by accident. She was recording an album in a building where my publishing company was located. I passed her in the stair…
Originally, “Puss in Boots” was an Italian fairy tale about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth and the …
For cinephiles, a good double feature to catch is Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and Raphael Sbarge’s new documentary “Only in Theaters.” …
Recently, we gave you a list of the Top 10 movie Santas. So just in time for Christmas, we’re matching that with a look at the Top 10 movie elves.
A few years ago, director Damien Chazelle gave us a candy-colored song-and-dance, well-choreographed look at Los Angeles in “La La Land.” His …
James Cameron’s “Avatar” is the highest grossing movie of all time with its worldwide ticket sales soaring over $2.8 billion. It won three Aca…
Hollywood loves to produce remakes. Sure-fire box-office blockbusters? The same movie, only better? On the other hand, people like to complain…
As Christmas approaches, we often turn to movies to put us in the holiday mood — heartwarming classics like “Miracle on 34th Street” or “It’s …
You may have received the notice from Tropic Cinema or read in the Keys Citizen that management is closing down one of its four theaters — the…
National Lampoon was a humor magazine (1970 to 1998) that was a spinoff from the Harvard Lampoon. I knew some of its regular contributors — Br…
To get in the Christmas mood, let’s take a look at favorite movie Santas. Many actors have tried to fill the boots of St. Nicholas. So to help…
Tropic Cinema is showing a series of films that it calls Holidays at the Tropic. Among them are Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Shop Around the Corner” …
Meg Ryan used to be “America’s Sweetheart” — a term that has been shared by such stars as Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Debbie Reynolds, Jenn…
What would “Journey to the Center of the Earth” or “Jumanji” have been like if they had been created as Disney cartoons? Well, take a look at …
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