I’m sure you all have heard about how audiences assembled for Avengers: Infinity War. The Marvel superhero movie has broken the record for the biggest opening weekend ever. This weekend, another film, which features the closest thing to a real superhero we have in the US, is opening, and will make a great companion piece, especially if …
Most Americans can remember exactly what they were doing when the towers fell on 9/11. It is the national tragedy that connects us all. Before that, though, there was another day of communal sadness and shock in this country. For people of a certain age, it’s the day that John F. Kennedy was killed. Everyone …
If any of you people have more than five years in the rearview mirror of leaving yourself at seventeen behind, let me remind you. It isn’t any kind of fun. I mean, Janis Ian’s song says it all. In case you’d like a refresher, this week’s release THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN is ready and able …
ARRIVAL is the science fiction film for people who avoid them because they see them as vapid, effects-driven, plot deficient time-drains. Fans loyal to the genre will also embrace the film, which is about a linguist who is tasked with translating the language of recently landed aliens, in order to open inter-species communications. Auteur director …
