Ongoing Spotlight – June 18, 2018
INCREDIBLES 2 [PG] B Fourteen years ago, writer-director Brad Bird introduced us to a world where a family of superheroes …
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If You’ve Seen One ‘Ocean’, You’ve Seen ‘Ocean’s 8’
Near the start of “Ocean’s 8,” we’re led to believe that Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is dead and his sister …
Ongoing Spotlight – June 11, 2018
HOTEL ARTEMIS [R] C- Writer-director Drew Pearce (the writer-producer of “Iron Man 3” at the helm for the first time) …
Aimless and ‘Adrift’
Can Jennifer Lawrence’s mini-me buoy this true-life disaster tale? By T.T. Stern-Enzi Tom Hanks and Robert Redford anchored films (“Cast …
Ongoing Spotlight – June 4, 2018
UPGRADE [R] A There’s a glorious simplicity at the center of writer-director Leigh Whannell’s new flick “Upgrade,” which, at first …
Taking Pride in Making No Judgment
I ’ve never much liked the idea of tolerance. Who wants to be tolerated? And as a critic, I often …
Ongoing Spotlight – May 28, 2018
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY [PG-13] A- Forget what you’ve been told about the existing characters in the “Star Wars” …
Learning Humanity From the Animals
For most of his career, I have had a begrudging respect for the fastidious aesthetic of Wes Anderson. There is …
Ongoing Spotlight – May 21, 2018
BOOK CLUB [PG-13] C- I know that I was supposed to sit back and enjoy the high-end appointments and details …
Moms Gone Wild!
A few years ago, we got an actual movie from Garry Marshall called “Mother’s Day”—a sentimental celebration of the great …
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