Friday, December 19, 2025

Movies

UPDATED Review: Leslie Odom Jr. Headlines a Well Meaning but Stagey “One Night in Miami” Directed by Regina King

UPDATED Thoughts, January 15, 2020: Just caught up with a second viewing of "One Night in Miami." It is a powerful, well made film....

Emma Thompson Will Play Mrs. Trunchbull in Movie “Matilda,” Even Though Men Have Always Played the Role on Stage

Harvey Fierstein, stand down. Emma Thompson has been cast as evil Mrs. Trunchbull, the deliciously malicious central antagonist in the movie version of Broadway's "Matilda." This...

“Hard Kill,” the Latest Bruce Willis Movie with a Zero Critics Rating, Will Get a Sequel, Natch

You've never heard of "Hard Kill." It's the latest Bruce Willis movie that was made for straight to video and streaming. Rotten Tomatoes gave it...

Chris Evans Laughs Off Rumors He’ll Return to Marvel Studios as Captain America: “News to me”

At the end of "Avengers: Endgame," Chris Evans retires as Captain America and hands his famed shield to Anthony Mackie. Evans goes on to...

Honorary Oscars Will Go to Tyler Perry for Humanitarian, Charitable Efforts, and Motion Picture Television Fund, Questionably

The Motion Picture Academy usually gives out Lifetime Achievement awards. Among them, in most years is the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award. They were re-branded...

Round Up: RIP CBS’s Ray Brady, Armie Hammer Loses a Job, “Sopranos” Prequel Moves, SAG Awards Stagger to April 4th

All movies of any value are leaving the first half of 2021. While we wait for James Bond "No Time to Die" to set...

New James Bond Movie On the Move Again to Fall Release, Affects Aretha Franklin Biopic “Respect”

Poor Barbara Broccoli. I could say she's 'steamed.' But she's too nice to make puns on her name. Nevertheless, the beleaguered producer of the James...

Anna Rose King, Filmmaker, Daughter of Late Syndication Exec Roger King, Dies at 35 from Lung Cancer

Three years ago this past October I was invited to a small private screening for a movie called "Good Enough," directed by Anna Rose...