Take Two: “Lift” (PG-13)
Kevin Hart ("Me Time") plays the head of an international group of sophisticated art thieves in the Netflix action comedy, "Lift."
Take Two: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (R)
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese's long-awaited adaptation of the non-fiction book is now available to screen at home.
Freeze Frame: “Mean Girls” (PG-13), “American Fiction” (R), “Lift” (PG-13), “Echo” (TV-MA)
Tina Fey's hit 2004 comedy "Mean Girls" was adapted into a popular Broadway musical. The new movie is a cinematic version of that play. Angourie Rice leads the cast in the tale of a teen who rubs a nasty A-list student the wrong way when she falls for a certain...
Freeze Frame: The Best Films of 2023
Happy New Year. Time to look back at the best of the cinematic crop for 2023. 10) PAST LIVES A sweet and melancholy drama about childhood friends who awkwardly reconnect as adults. 9) POOR THINGS Emma Stone is rock solid in the twisted, nearly pornographic feminist take on the Frankenstein story. 8) DUMB MONEY The most neglected...
Freeze Frame: “The Color Purple” (PG-13), “The Boys in the Boat” (PG-13), “Ferrari” (R), “Society of the Snow” (R)
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...
Take Two: “Maestro” (R)
Bradley Cooper ("A Star is Born") wrote, produced, directed and stars in the story of famed conductor/director Leonard Bernstein.
Freeze Frame: “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (PG-13), “Poor Things” (R), “The Iron Claw” (R), “Migration” (PG), “Rebel Moon” (PG-13)
Jason Mamoa returns for possibly the last time as the aquatic DC superhero in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom." There's over $200 million worth of eye candy in the story of our hero's attempt to save the world from Black Manta and global warming....and about $5 worth of originality in the screenplay. It's...
Take Two: “Napoleon” (R)
Filmmaker Ridley Scott ("Gladiator") tries his hand at yet another epic, "Napoleon." Joaquin Phoenix ("Joker") stars as the French emperor and military genius.
