Review: ‘The Lion King,’ Disney Aims for Straight Recreation
Review: ‘The Lion King,’ Disney Aims for Straight Recreation Disney’s new version of The Lion King makes for a good pixel show, but it’s even more intriguing to consider how an opportunity to redefine the story was lost. Directed by … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lion King,’ Disney Aims for Straight Recreation
Review: ‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’
Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield is not one to shy away from salacious material. Tackling candle-in-the-wind musical lives such as Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston and Biggie and Tupac in previous non-fiction explorations, his latest film stays in line with the cult … Continue reading Review: ‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’
Review: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home,’ Comic Relief in Europe
The buoyant comedy features excellent character development, appropriate stakes, and superhero stuff if you want it. Continue reading Review: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home,’ Comic Relief in Europe
Review: ‘Yesterday,’ All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away Before I Saw This Movie
Yeesh! Under an elaborate disguise, the heart of an old-fashioned romantic comedy beats anews. Continue reading Review: ‘Yesterday,’ All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away Before I Saw This Movie
Review: ‘American Woman’
At first, it may seem risible for a male director (Jake Scott, son of famed Ridley Scott) and a male screenwriter (Brad Inglesby, known for somber films like Out of the Furnace and Run All Night in which adrenalized male leads … Continue reading Review: ‘American Woman’
Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2,’ Cheerfully Amusing
Some pets are better than others. By that, I mean some animals adapt more readily to living as domestic pets under the care and control of humans. In the delightful animated adventure The Secret Life of Pets (2016), we learned … Continue reading Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2,’ Cheerfully Amusing
