A documentary for those who find favor in Glee, Carol Burnett Show skits, and the tuneless components of ’30s musicals that showcase Mickey and Judy putting on a show in their own backyard. I don’t generally, but the titular nonagenarian and her annual quest to keep alive her own particular …
We begin with a flurry of performers introducing themselves, a handy visual aid given how many faces will pass our way over the next 90 minutes. 2020 marked the 50 anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival aka Jazz Fest and directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern were …
Of Mice and Men for the mumblecore set. Were it not for happenstance and a zoom lens that appears slightly dislodged from its turret so as to artlessly dart at and away from its subjects, filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass would have no idea how to tell a story. Unskilled …
Cue the TV announcer: “A small town family, deep in denial, is rocked to find a lesbian among them in Gidget Goes Sappho, or ‘Who ordered the Katherine Heigl Gay Marriage project?’” It starts with a strong supporting cast reciting reasonably authentic dialog, but this isn’t the first time Mary …
“My headache is coming,” Jimmy P. (Benicio del Toro) announces, as sure as a lycanthrope foretells a full moon. This time del Toro isn’t cast a wolfman and the reason behind the pending pain is a lot harder to diagnose in director Arnaud Desplechin’s fact-based, back-to-the-“snake pit” period account of …
On the surface, what appears to be a Borat/Inspector Clouseau hybrid is really little more than the premise of a typical Jerry Lewis film: assign a patsy a set of impossible tasks only to have him ace every challenge. Maz Jobrani stars as the titular errand boy, an Iranian clod …
Apple guru Steve Jobs was, according to Jobs, a casual liar, a cheat in matters both professional and personal, an arrogant asshole, a clever huckster, a superlative bullshitter, a rampant egotist, a canny opportunist, a disloyal business partner, a hot-tempered megalomaniac, a cowardly cur when it came to accepting responsibility …
A bolo punch of a reminder that, when not under the evil influence of Jerry Bruckheimer or making films for the financial pleasure of the I.R.S., Nicolas Cage holds sway with the best of them. As Joe, Cage commandeers a backwoods crew of “Timber!” yelling professional nature-killers who poison and …
“My biggest fear,” says 17 term U.S. Representative and civil rights warrior John Lewis “is one day we may wake up and our democracy is gone.” Dawn Porter’s biodoc stands as a sad reminder that 65 years since its inception and America is still fighting a Civil Rights movement. (The …
Instead of getting love as a child, she got angry. Years later, Lindy’s (Kete Beckinsale) shrink (Stanley Tucci) diagnoses her ailment as intermittent explosive disorder, a condition that causes her to fly off the handle at even the slightest disturbance. Dating was difficult to say the least — until a …
The historical understructure of Nick Hamm’s The Journey came as news to me. Mr. Ugly American must have been at the movies the week Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) united their rivaling factions. The thought of being a fly …
Indiana Jones meets Jurassic Park in a sequel that will amuse children and cause parents to wonder why they dropped the extra money for 3-D glasses. Josh Hutcherson returns, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays the role of father figure inexplicably vacated by Brendan Fraser. Much ado is made over …