Is the latest incarnation of Dr. Seuss’ THE CAT IN THE HAT a good movie? Yes, at least for kids. Is it Seussian? Not so much. Is Bill Hader the comic genius that can almost save it? Unequivocally, yes, There is the title character, brought to vivid life by Hader’s ebullient voice, and there is,… Read More »
GODZILLA: MINUS ZERO
The big guy is back and he’s better than ever. If anyone thought that the title character of GODZILLA MINUS ONE was really dead at the end of that magnificent effort, well, aren’t you adorable? Takashi Yamazaki is far from finished with re-imagining the iconic post-war monster who embodied a host of fears from Cold… Read More »
HEART OF THE BEAST
THE HEART OF THE BEAST is first and foremost designed for those of us who understand that on the level of loyalty and affection in its purest and most unselfish form, dogs are better than we are. They just are. I’m not sure we deserve them, but here is a film that they deserve. The… Read More »
ONSLAUGHT
ONSLAUGHT raises many troubling questions about our government, but none of them are new. In and of itself, this is not an insurmountable cinematic problem. Who doesn’t love a dive down the rabbit hole of Nazi scientists brought to America in order to conduct ethically problematic experiments? For that matter, who doesn’t love a good… Read More »
FALL 2: DEADPOINT
Click here for the flashback interview with Scott Mann for FALL. It is always with just a bit of trepidation that I approach sequels. Can it recapture the magic that made the original such a success that the powers that be felt a sequel was worth the time and the money? Can it be worth… Read More »
MUTINY
I have never made a secret of my abiding belief that Jason Statham makes anything he’s in better. There is something about his brand of unstudied cool that has a mystique all its own with none of the showy bravado of a Brando, or the ironic remove of McQueen. I bring this up because for… Read More »
COYOTE VS. ACME
Click here for the flashback interview with Will Forte for EXTRA ORDINARY. The dynamic tension of Wile E. Coyote’s endless quest to capture the Road Runner has always arisen from the Herculean industriousness of the former, and the flippant impudence of the former. The Road Runner didn’t just avoid becoming an entrée, he would rub… Read More »
THE END OF OAK STREET
The drama of a marriage teetering towards divorce bumps up against a bigger problem in THE END OF OAK STREET, a rip-snorter of an action flick that asks the question: what would a typical suburban couple do if a pterosaur swooped down on them in their backyard? As played by Ann Hathaway and Ewan McGregor,… Read More »
PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE
As a cat-lover, I have to admit to having an issue with the way felines are portrayed in the Paw Patrol universe, but aside from that, I really can’t find anything wrong with PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE. Make no mistake, this is an animated flick aimed directly at those among us whose age is… Read More »
SPIDERMAN: BRAND NEW DAY
Click here for the flashback interview with Destin Daniel Cretton for SHORT TERM 12. When we last saw Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, in SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME he was being selfless. In SPIDERMAN: NEW BEGINNINGS, he is living with that choice, which was to keep safe have the love of his life, MJ (Zendaya) and… Read More »
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