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...
For fifty years, Steven Spielberg has been Hollywood's preeminent filmmaker. His latest movie, "The Fabelmans," is his most personal yet. This semi-autobiographical story is about a young boy who discovers the magic of filmmaking. But more than that, it's about how his thorny family dynamics shaped him as an artist....
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 rule should be "Classic movies don't need to be remade. Remake the bad ones and improve them." But Steven Spielberg's new take on the musical "West Side Story" is an exception. It's better than the 1961 Oscar-winning Best Picture. Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner has made some sly changes in the...
