The second cinematic adaptation of Alice Walker's classic novel "The Color Purple" is an admirable reworking of the Broadway musical version. Fantasia Barrino is terrific in the central role of the long-suffering Celie, but hers is just one strong performance in a riveting ensemble that includes Taraji P. Henson, Coleman...
Like the recent "Venom" movies, the Marvel entry "Morbius" is a Spider-Man villain origin story. It's a full-blown horror flick about a brilliant doctor, played by Jared Leto, who attempts to cure his own blood disease, only to unintentionally turn himself into a super vampire. It's watchable, but the by-the-numbers execution...
Does Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic musical "West Side Story" live up to the original? Susan and Russ have very different opinions.
The acclaimed Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen" makes a bumpy transition to the big screen. Ben Platt reprises his Tony Award-winning role as a trouble, outcast teen who tries to gain sympathy by pretending to be the friend of a kid who dies by suicide. Oh, what a tangled web we weave....
Although she was often the butt of jokes for critics, the late TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker was an inspiration and an icon for many others. With her over-the-top enthusiasm, her warbly singing, her gaudy attire and exaggerated makeup, she became a cultural phenomenon. Jessica Chastain gives an appropriately exuberant...
Meryl Streep, James Cordon and Nicole Kidman headline Ryan Murphy’s energetic adaptation of the wacky Broadway musical, “The Prom.” They play narcissistic theater folk who decide to take up the cause of a small-town lesbian teenager for the sake of publicity. It’s overlong and it’s message as subtle as a...
