Movie Reviews
Reviews Don’t Matter: Paramount Comeback as Bob Marley Movie Makes $52 Mil in 6 Days Despite Very Rotten Tomatoes
No good reviews, don't cry.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the Bob Marley movie "One Love" has a 41% among critics and bloggers. It's rotten, they say.
The audience doesn't agree. "One Love"...
Music
Bliss: Green Day Saves Rock and Roll with Pungent, Pressing, Punk, Pugnacious New Album “Saviors”
Frenzied and fun, full of pugnacious pop and lilting lyrics, Green Day's "Saviors" is perfectly titled.
It's January 19th and we have the album of...
Movies
Review: Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” Is a Brilliant But Brutal Major Work with Oscars Written All Over It, Especially for Carey Mulligan
Bradley Cooper is a real filmmaker. "A Star is Born" was no fluke.
Cooper's movie about composer Leonard Bernstein is brutal and brilliant. Cooper stars...
Movies
Review: Stunning “Oppenheimer” Christopher Nolan’s Masterpiece in Oscars Race
There's a lot to unpack in Christopher Nolan's three hour masterwork, "Oppenheimer." This is ostensibly the story of how America created the atomic bomb...
Celebrity
Review: Martin Scorsese’s Brilliant Killers of the Flower Moon Opens to Thunderous Ovation in Cannes (See Director’s Speech to Adoring, Captivated Audience)
The Cannes audience is going wild cheering for Martin Scorcese and the cast of Killers of the Flower Moon. Brilliant film. May be...
Movie Reviews
Review: “I’m Your Woman” Is a Terrible Title for a Terrific Film that Shows Rachel Brosnahan Won’t Always Be Mrs. Maisel
Julia Hart's "I'm Your Woman" is the best movie with the worst title of the year. I don't know what anyone was thinking about...
Music
Review: Ron Howard’s “Pavarotti” Hits All the Right Notes Capturing the Out-sized Life of a Man with Giant Appetites
Ron Howard’s "Pavarotti" is a cinematic gem which captures the larger than life tenor and those who loved him. Opera is secondary in this...
Movie Reviews
Review: Julianne Moore Is First in Line for Next Year’s Oscars with “Gloria Bell,” An Anthem for Independent Women
“Gloria Bell," starring Julianne Moore in the title role, opens wide today to rave reviews. (The film has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes.) This...
Movie Reviews
Review: Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet Look for Answers in “Beautiful Boy”
I expected to cry copious tears at “Beautiful Boy,” an Amazon addiction drama based on two memoirs, one from journalist David Sheff, played by...
Broadway Reviews
RIP: Three-Time Tony Winner Tom Meehan, Wrote “The Producers,” “Annie,” “Hairspray”
Tom Meehan has died at age 88. My friend and neighbor, who I was lucky to know, was a Broadway superstar when it came...
Reviews
Ratings: “Twin Peaks” Showed Amazing Episode With No Warning or Promotion, and Failed to Attract Audience
On Sunday night, "Twin Peaks" on Showtime presented what may one day be considered a classic 45 minutes of television-- something for the ages,...