TV Review: ‘The Normal Heart’
Left to right: Matt Bomer, Mark Ruffalo and Jim Parsons. Photo: Jojo Whilden/HBO. Originally produced off-Broadway in 1985, Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart arrived onstage as a howl of anger: against...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘Wonder’ – A Lesson in Love and Understanding for Kids and...
In these weeks before the Academy Awards, I always find myself binge watching nominated films either in the theater, streaming them online, or getting the DVD. Thus, after viewing films like Get Out,...
View ArticleBroadway’s ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’– Seems Inappropriate in the...
If you are of a certain age and remember going to see Pretty Woman with the luminous Julia Roberts and falling in love with her like I did, you may have silly notions that a new Broadway musical based...
View ArticleAustin Film Fest Film Review: ‘Ben is Back’ will Shake You Up
Ben is Back is one of those films that break rules and still entertains. Entertain is too mild a word for this film. It grabs you and shakes you and doesn’t let go for 103 minutes. The film was a...
View ArticleDVD Review: Fireflies in the Garden
Fireflies in the Garden, the debut film by writer-director Daniel Lee, was first screened at festivals back in 2008 but is only now receiving a domestic DVD release. For whatever reason, this solidly...
View ArticleMovie Review: Mirror Mirror
When a story as legendary as Snow White comes to life (twice in 2012), the stakes are pretty high to make it entertaining yet keep that fairy tale feel children love so much, that air of wonder, with...
View ArticleMovie Review: Mirror Mirror (2012)
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s one of the most unfortunate directors of them all? Poor Tarsem Singh. The man may have a keen eye when it comes to arresting visuals; now if only he could get a decent...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Mirror, Mirror (2012)
Director Tarsem Singh has an unquestionable sense of style. As stated in my Blu-ray review of Immortals, the man has an eye for visuals. His movies look incredible, they are dazzling works of art....
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Erin Brockovich
It never fails to amuse me how the triumphant, touching Oscar-winning moving picture of one decade can turn into just another Julia Roberts movie the next. Universal’s Erin Brockovich found itself one...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ (2022) Starring Julia Roberts and George...
There’s something decidedly old-fashioned about Ticket to Paradise, the new star vehicle featuring Julia Roberts and George Clooney. It’s frothy, light, inoffensive, and ultimately forgettable....
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