The Forty-Year-Old Version movie: Not to be confused with Judd Apatow’s directorial debut The Forty-Year-Old Virgin, filmmaker and actress Radha Blank’s feature film debut depicts a New Yorker’s unusual midlife…
Black Panther movie with Chadwick Boseman. Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther is the first big-budget release centering on a black superhero – played by Marshall and…
Trouble Is My Business with Brittney Powell. Co-written by actor/voice actor Tom Konkle, who also directed, and Xena: Warrior Princess actress Brittney Powell, Trouble Is My Business is a humorous…
Detroit movie street riot scene: The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow tackles the 1967 Detroit riots in “horribly real” and “deeply self-serving” 2017 release marketed as…
Christian movies: Starring Nicolas Cage, the widely panned 2014 apocalyptic thriller Left Behind was a box office bomb – unlike (relatively) recent popular “faith movies” such as Heaven Is for…
Barry Obama (Devon Terrell) reads Ralph Ellison’s 1952 sociopolitical novel Invisible Man – not to be confused with H.G. Wells’ 1897 sci-fi novel The Invisible Man. Barry & me: Finding…
Don’t Breathe movie: Dylan Minnette is a burglar who discovers the hard way that blind man Stephen Lang is not quite like earlier blind film victims Audrey Hepburn (Wait Until…
Captain America: Civil War: Chris Evans as rogue military leader vs. “Ayn Rand archetype of a self-made man.” ‘Captain America: Civil War’ review: So good it made film critic &…
Chi-Raq movie with Teyonah Parris: Spike Lee has set Lysistrata amidst Chicago’s urban warfare. Chiraq (one word) stands for the Chicago-Iraq combo. Chi-Raq movie review: Ancient Greek comedy in 21st-century…
Trumbo movie: Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren superb as left-wing screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and right-wing gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Trumbo movie review: Highly entertaining ‘history lesson’ toplining an outstanding Bryan…
Room movie with Brie Larson as the character occupying the titular space. ‘Room’ movie review: Easy to appreciate, difficult to like The film Room, adapted by Emma Donoghue from her…
Bread and Butter movie with Bobby Moynihan and Christine Weatherup. Late-life virginity is detrimental to your emotional health. Bread and Butter movie review: Late-life virginity & other social anxieties in…
Lord Montagu documentary. ‘Lord Montagu’ documentary: Anti-gay witch hunt victim became successful entrepreneur and National Motor Museum founder On first blush, the life of a Lord of the Realm, a…
In Stereo with Micah Hauptman and Beau Garrett: Wit and sarcasm. ‘In Stereo’: Witty & sarcastic romantic comedy In Stereo is a particular kind of romantic comedy – the kind full…
‘Teacher of the Year’ movie features Keegan-Michael Key. ‘Teacher of the Year’ movie: Smart and funny socially conscious comedy Teacher of the Year manages to pull off one of the…