I used to belong to the Science Fiction book club in the 1960s. One of the selections was a novel by Frank Herbert titled “Dune.” I was gobsma…
Media darling Katie Couric has a new book out — “Going There” — but we were more interested in reading the recent list in her Wake Up Call new…
Media darling Katie Couric has a new book out — “Going There” — but we were more interested in reading the recent list in her Wake Up Call new…
My old friend Paul Morrissey was Andy Warhol’s manager and confident. Brash and outspoken, Paul’s long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, …
This week we’re looking at documentaries. We know Michael Moore holds the record for the largest box offices in this rarely profitable film ge…
“Bond … James Bond.” This is your last chance to hear Daniel Craig utter those words. With “No Time to Die” — the 007 blockbuster opening in t…
With the new James Bond blockbuster opening this week, we thought it was time to take a look at the entire lineup of 007 films. This ranking i…
Recently I binge-watched old episodes of the ‘60s TV show, “The Addams Family.” As the theme song said, “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mys…
My own nostalgic list of movies based on cartoons would be different — “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” would certainly be on this list, for example…
My grandmother used to faithfully watch televangelists on her flicking black-and-white TV. These televised preachers ranged from Jimmy Swaggar…
After watching “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” we wanted to see more movies about big-time ministers, tent-show revivalists and faith healers. This …
The title sums up Clint Eastwood’s movie career: “Cry Macho.” Whether intended or not, it calls to mind the poncho-wearing Man With No Name in…
Clint Eastwood is legendary for his westerns. Starting with his TV role as Rowdy Yates on “Rawhide” to his “The Man with No Name” trilogy to r…
When Paul Schrader was a boy, his strict Calvinist mother stabbed his thumb with a needle to show him what Hell would feel like. It must not h…
Recently, we looked at the Top 10 MGM musicals. But 10 was not enough. Several readers added their suggestions to the list. The most comprehen…
After watching the new musical “Annette,” we got nostalgic for those musicals from the Golden Age of Hollywood. And no studio did them better …
With all that’s bad going on in the world right now, I thought it might be uplifting to watch a movie musical.
“Reminiscence” pretends to be based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. But to the cinephile, it is reminiscent of such sci-fi movies as “S…
Hugh Jackman is like a split personality: 1) the star of all those bare-chested, clawed “Wolverine” superhero movies, and 2) all his other rol…
Songstress Aretha Franklin — known to the world as the Queen of Soul — hand-picked Jennifer Hudson to portray her in the new movie titled “Respect.”
A few weeks ago, we looked at movies about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. As readers often do, many wrote in suggesting addit…
Disney can squeeze blood out of a stone. It repurposes all its properties. The animated fantasy “Cinderella” becomes a live action film. “Lion…
You’ve probably taken the Jungle Cruise at Disney World (or one of Disney’s many theme parks around the world). Appropriately, it is part of A…
I’ve read all of John Steinbeck’s books, but in some ways the most interesting is the one he didn’t finish, “The Acts of King Arthur and His N…
Along with this week’s review of “The Green Knight,” we wanted to take a look at the Top 10 movies about knights — you know, those medieval gu…
“Stillwater” is the title of the new Matt Damon crime drama about a father who tries to help his estranged daughter who is in prison in Marsei…
One good thing about compiling Top 10 lists is that as actors keep adding new films to their repertoire, you can continually reappraise their …
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…