What do you get when you combine an intriguing story, great cast, impressive production values and a top-notch director? In the case of "Amsterdam," you get a real mess. Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington lead a terrific ensemble in David O. Russell's bold experiment gone awry. It's...
The Hulu movie "Deep Water" desperately wants to be an erotic thriller like some of director Adrian Lyne's earlier films like "Fatal Attraction." Sadly, this poorly paced adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel is fatal, but there's little attraction. Ben Affleck portrays a wealthy snob who may or may not be...
Known as "The Black Woodstock," the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 was captured on film for a proposed TV special. It never happened. That 'lost' footage has been complied into a documentary by the noted musician, Questlove. The resulting film is now in theaters and on Hulu.
Take one part “Terminator” and two parts “Alien,” shake with big budget vigor and you might come up with something like “The Tomorrow War.” Chris Pratt stars in this action-packed sci-fi extravaganza about people transported into the future to save humanity from an extraterrestrial invasion. The trappings are familiar, but...
"Big Time Adolescence" is a new Hulu comedy. Pete Davidson of "Saturday Night Live" fame stars as an irresponsible and immature man in his twenties whose best friend is an impressionable teen.
Since most of our local cinemas are temporarily closed, this week’s Freeze Frame will focus on three “feel good” films currently available to stream at home, ones that can provide some uplift in trying times. Available on Amazon Prime, “The Big Sick” might, at first blush, sound like something from the...
