Take Two: “Belfast” (PG-13)
Writer/director Kenneth Branagh (:Murder on the Orient Express") offers "Belfast," a semi-autobiographical tale of his youth in his native Norther Ireland.
Freeze Frame: “Parallel Mothers” (R), “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild” (PG)
Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar continues to show why he's at the top of his game. Another Oscar winner, actress Penelope Cruz stars in Almodovar's "Parallel Mothers.” It’s the tale of two women whose newborns may have been accidentally switched at birth. Cruz plays a successful single photographer who finds...
Take Two: “Bruised” (R)
Actress Halle Berry stars in the Netflix MMA drama, "Bruised." The film also marks her directorial debut.
Freeze Frame: “A Hero” (PG-13), “The King’s Daughter” (PG)
So, is it true that no good deed goes unpunished? With his latest movie “A Hero,” Oscar-winning Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi continues to show why he's one of the world's finest filmmakers. This contemporary morality play is about a man serving time in an Iranian debtors' prison who, while on...
Take Two: “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (R)
Filmmaker Joel Coen ("No Country for Old Men") takes a shot at adapting one of the thornier Shakespeare works, with Denzel Washington ("Fences") and Frances McDormand in the major roles.
Freeze Frame: “Scream” (R), “Drive My Car” (Unrated), “Belle” (PG), “The 355” (R), “The Tender Bar” (R)
The fifth installment of the "Scream" movie franchise, simply titled "Scream,” supplies more of the same. And that's just what many fans expect. This self-referential, tongue-in-cheek slasher movie ups the ante on bashing horror movie cliches while simultaneously embracing them. Expect clueless teens, plenty of blood and plenty of snark. "Drive...
Take Two: “The Hand of God” (R)
"The Hand of God," the latest opus from Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino ("The Great Beauty"), is a wistful semi-autobiographical tale of his youth in Naples.
Freeze Frame: Russ’ Top 10 movies of 2021!
Happy New Year. It’s time for my annual countdown of the best films of 2021: #10) CODA is a heartfelt comic drama about a hearing teenager whose deaf parents can’t understand why she wants to pursue a career in music. #9) THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES is a funny and surprisingly touching...
