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Freeze Frame: The Best Films of 2022

Time for my annual countdown of the best movies of the year. 10) Amazing aerial stunt work overcomes the absurd, testosterone-fueled script in the entertaining box office blockbuster, “Top Gun: Maverick.” 9) The deceptively low-key drama “Aftersun” is a complex and affecting drama about the vagaries of memory and the uncertainties of...

12/29/2022

By Russ SimmonsAftersun, All Quiet on the Western Front, Best of 2022, entertainment, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Harvey Weinstein, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, MeToo, movie reviews, movies, Predator, Prey, She Said, Sidney, Sidney Poitier, Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans, The Woman King, Top Gun: Maverick, Viola Davis, WWIComments Off

Freeze Frame: “Emancipation” (R), “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (PG), “Aftersun” (R)

Oscar-winner Will Smith returns for yet another powerful performance in the harrowing historical drama "Emancipation," now in theaters and on Apple TV+. While somewhat fictionalized, "Emancipation" tells the heart-wrenching story of Peter, a Louisiana slave who escaped his brutal masters in 1863. When photos of his whip-scarred back were published...

12/09/2022

By Russ SimmonsAftersun, Apple TV Plus, entertainment, Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, movie reviews, movies, Netflix, Will SmithComments Off