Saturday, December 20, 2025

Movies

Review: Michelle Pfeiffer Joins the Oscar Race for Best Actress in “French Exit,” With Star Turns from Valerie Mahaffey and a Black Cat

Michelle Pfeiffer cocks her head back imperiously as Frances Price, a once wealthy, still gorgeous widow, in "French Exit," and pulls into second place...

Review: Woody Allen’s Wonderfully Funny, Charming “Rainy Day in New York” Opens Today with Timothee Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez

I originally wrote this review in August 2019. I stand by it now. No one else is reviewing this movie, they're reviewing their feelings...

Disney Has No “Soul” For Theaters in 2020, Moves Last Scheduled Feature, from Pixar, to Streaming Christmas Day

It's soul over. Disney is moving its last scheduled release for 2020, "Soul," from theaters to Christmas Day on Disney Plus. They're flying the white...

Review: Documentary Connects Singer Harry Chapin to Springsteen, Michael Moore, RunDMC, World Hunger, Live Aid, And Did You Know He Was Nominated for an...

If you're from New York and grew up in the late 60s and early 70s, Harry Chapin a big name. When all the singer...

Ladies Night: Trailer for “The 355” Is Here, with Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz Heading All Star Cast of Female Spies

When Jessica Chastain was organizing this film, I knew she was determined to pull off a big studio blockbuster with women in charge. And...

Oscars 2020: “Ammonite” is the Festival Non Festival Movie No One Wants Us to See Until It’s Too Late

As the very odd little 2021 Oscar race continues to look for entries, one film is the weirdest of them all: Francis Lee's "Ammonite." What's...

Movies Moved Again: “Dune” Not Soon, Warner Bros. Moving Another Blockbuster From This Christmas to 2021

We won't see "Dune" soon. Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster remake of David Lynch's "Dune" is moving from December 2020 to October 2021. There are almost no movies...

(Teaser) Bruce Springsteen’s New “Letter to You” Album will Be Accompanied by Black and White Documentary

Bruce Springsteen's "Letter to You" album drops on October 23rd with a documentary. Directed by Thom Zimny, who did the western album, too --...