Blow the Man DownWritten and Directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy The new film “Blow the Man Down,” which begins streaming on Amazon Prime today, establishes its offbeat credentials in...
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OnwardDirected and Co-Written by Dan Scanlon Disney-Pixar’s latest animated adventure “Onward” is based on the oft-repeated theme in children’s stories of a land in which magic has been lost. But...
DownhillCo-written and Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash This week’s “Downhill” is an American remake of the 2014 Swedish film “Force Majeure,” which is currently streaming on Hulu. The premise of...
Birds of PreyDirected by Cathy Yan “Birds of Prey,” or more completely “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,” is a tricky movie to describe and that may be its...
The GentlemenDirected Co-Written by Guy Ritchie “The Gentlemen” is a return to early form for Guy Ritchie, who in recent years has made big budget, flashy projects with mixed results, such as...
Just MercyDirected by Destin Daniel Cretton “Just Mercy” is the kind of film that makes me wish I spent less time in theaters and saw fewer films. Not because it’s bad, quite the opposite –...
Recent columns have covered several films still in theaters, including “Ford v Ferrari,” “Knives Out,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” and the inscrutable “Frozen II.” Here are most of the...
As often happens, following a major holiday, both movie choices and food choices are dominated by leftovers from the previous week. With that in mind, here’s a quick moviebriefs roundup of four...
Ford v FerrariDirected by James Mangold Perhaps the most convincing thing I can report about watching “Ford vs. Ferrari” was a brief encounter after the screening. An older woman walked slowly out of...
Here’s a quick moviebriefs roundup of what new at local theaters this week. “Jojo Rabbit” is the standout new film of the week and both very funny and a film that makes you worry on occasion whether...
