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Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS feels like a Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed with drama, comedy and a lot of melancholy, but damned if dessert doesn't almost bail out the meal. The cast is a holiday feast in itself. The always excellent Holly Hunter (Always, Broadcast News) is Claudia, a art restorer who starts off Thanksgiving week by getting fired by, and making out with, her much older boss Peter (Austin Pendelton). It's the opening scene of the film and the first of many where the...

Sisu: Road to Revenge

If Indiana Jones and Mad Max had a cinematic offspring, it's surely the fantastic SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. The leanest, coolest and funniest action thriller I've seen since the first film "Sisu" three years ago, it's a tribute to great action film making with a heavy dose of Coyote/Roadrunner mayhem. Our silent hero Aatami is back, perfectly played once again by Jorma Tomilla. It's 1946 and WWII is over. Aatami lost his wife and children to a Soviet madman in the war and he begins a quest to...

Predator: Badlands

The last two Predator films from Dan Trachtenberg have been imaginative, thrilling fresh takes that breathed real life into the series. So what in the hell happened with the silly, soft, Disneyfied and stupid PREDATOR: BADLANDS ? This is the "Return of the Jedi" of the canon. It's so touch feely that I kept waiting for the Ewoks to show up and really put in the toilet. Oh wait, yep, there it is, a little baby creature that comes along for the adventure! Whoopeeee! Schwarzenegger's Dutch is...

Wicked: For Good

It's no secret that the final act of Wicked on stage can't compare to the opening act. The great news for fans is that the fleshed out second act on film is a triumph, offering no let down from last year's first installment. WICKED : FOR GOOD is a powerhouse finale and sure to be a massive blockbuster this holiday season. Director Jon M. Chu and his returning creative team start the film off with a fast paced pursuit of Elpheba, months after she flew off at the end of the first film. She's...

The Running Man (2025)

Glen Powell is officially the new Tom Cruise, a classic action movie star at ease with comedy, drama and running like hell, which he does a lot of in the enjoyable new remake, THE RUNNING MAN . If you're going to do yet another remake, you may as well target a goofy movie that wasn't very good to begin with. The 1987 original was always lesser Schwarzenegger, directed by Starsky (from "and Hutch" fame) and dragged down by a preening Richard Dawson. It was a one and done for me in an era of...

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Recovering from its lackluster second entry nearly 10 years ago NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T sparks some enjoyable, if a bit too familiar, magic. The great news is that the final caper is a hell of a lot of fun and genuinely surprised me. We meet a trio of young illusionist street hustlers who have connected to the 4 Horsemen's mission of taking money from bad hombres. Dominic Sessa, who was SO damn good in his first role in "The Holdovers" a couple holiday seasons ago, is front man Bosco,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron...

Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS feels like a Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed with drama, comedy and a lot of melancholy, but damned if dessert doesn't almost bail out the meal. The cast is a holiday feast in itself. The always excellent Holly Hunter (Always, Broadcast News) is Claudia, a art restorer who starts off Thanksgiving week by getting fired by, and making out with, her much older boss Peter (Austin Pendelton). It's the opening scene of the film and the first of many where the...

Sisu: Road to Revenge

If Indiana Jones and Mad Max had a cinematic offspring, it's surely the fantastic SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. The leanest, coolest and funniest action thriller I've seen since the first film "Sisu" three years ago, it's a tribute to great action film making with a heavy dose of Coyote/Roadrunner mayhem. Our silent hero Aatami is back, perfectly played once again by Jorma Tomilla. It's 1946 and WWII is over. Aatami lost his wife and children to a Soviet madman in the war and he begins a quest to...

Predator: Badlands

The last two Predator films from Dan Trachtenberg have been imaginative, thrilling fresh takes that breathed real life into the series. So what in the hell happened with the silly, soft, Disneyfied and stupid PREDATOR: BADLANDS ? This is the "Return of the Jedi" of the canon. It's so touch feely that I kept waiting for the Ewoks to show up and really put in the toilet. Oh wait, yep, there it is, a little baby creature that comes along for the adventure! Whoopeeee! Schwarzenegger's Dutch is...

Wicked: For Good

It's no secret that the final act of Wicked on stage can't compare to the opening act. The great news for fans is that the fleshed out second act on film is a triumph, offering no let down from last year's first installment. WICKED : FOR GOOD is a powerhouse finale and sure to be a massive blockbuster this holiday season. Director Jon M. Chu and his returning creative team start the film off with a fast paced pursuit of Elpheba, months after she flew off at the end of the first film. She's...

The Running Man (2025)

Glen Powell is officially the new Tom Cruise, a classic action movie star at ease with comedy, drama and running like hell, which he does a lot of in the enjoyable new remake, THE RUNNING MAN . If you're going to do yet another remake, you may as well target a goofy movie that wasn't very good to begin with. The 1987 original was always lesser Schwarzenegger, directed by Starsky (from "and Hutch" fame) and dragged down by a preening Richard Dawson. It was a one and done for me in an era of...

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Recovering from its lackluster second entry nearly 10 years ago NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T sparks some enjoyable, if a bit too familiar, magic. The great news is that the final caper is a hell of a lot of fun and genuinely surprised me. We meet a trio of young illusionist street hustlers who have connected to the 4 Horsemen's mission of taking money from bad hombres. Dominic Sessa, who was SO damn good in his first role in "The Holdovers" a couple holiday seasons ago, is front man Bosco,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron...

Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS feels like a Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed with drama, comedy and a lot of melancholy, but damned if dessert doesn't almost bail out the meal. The cast is a holiday feast in itself. The always excellent Holly Hunter (Always, Broadcast News) is Claudia, a art restorer who starts off Thanksgiving week by getting fired by, and making out with, her much older boss Peter (Austin Pendelton). It's the opening scene of the film and the first of many where the...

Sisu: Road to Revenge

If Indiana Jones and Mad Max had a cinematic offspring, it's surely the fantastic SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. The leanest, coolest and funniest action thriller I've seen since the first film "Sisu" three years ago, it's a tribute to great action film making with a heavy dose of Coyote/Roadrunner mayhem. Our silent hero Aatami is back, perfectly played once again by Jorma Tomilla. It's 1946 and WWII is over. Aatami lost his wife and children to a Soviet madman in the war and he begins a quest to...

Predator: Badlands

The last two Predator films from Dan Trachtenberg have been imaginative, thrilling fresh takes that breathed real life into the series. So what in the hell happened with the silly, soft, Disneyfied and stupid PREDATOR: BADLANDS ? This is the "Return of the Jedi" of the canon. It's so touch feely that I kept waiting for the Ewoks to show up and really put in the toilet. Oh wait, yep, there it is, a little baby creature that comes along for the adventure! Whoopeeee! Schwarzenegger's Dutch is...

Wicked: For Good

It's no secret that the final act of Wicked on stage can't compare to the opening act. The great news for fans is that the fleshed out second act on film is a triumph, offering no let down from last year's first installment. WICKED : FOR GOOD is a powerhouse finale and sure to be a massive blockbuster this holiday season. Director Jon M. Chu and his returning creative team start the film off with a fast paced pursuit of Elpheba, months after she flew off at the end of the first film. She's...

The Running Man (2025)

Glen Powell is officially the new Tom Cruise, a classic action movie star at ease with comedy, drama and running like hell, which he does a lot of in the enjoyable new remake, THE RUNNING MAN . If you're going to do yet another remake, you may as well target a goofy movie that wasn't very good to begin with. The 1987 original was always lesser Schwarzenegger, directed by Starsky (from "and Hutch" fame) and dragged down by a preening Richard Dawson. It was a one and done for me in an era of...

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Recovering from its lackluster second entry nearly 10 years ago NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T sparks some enjoyable, if a bit too familiar, magic. The great news is that the final caper is a hell of a lot of fun and genuinely surprised me. We meet a trio of young illusionist street hustlers who have connected to the 4 Horsemen's mission of taking money from bad hombres. Dominic Sessa, who was SO damn good in his first role in "The Holdovers" a couple holiday seasons ago, is front man Bosco,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron...

Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS feels like a Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed with drama, comedy and a lot of melancholy, but damned if dessert doesn't almost bail out the meal. The cast is a holiday feast in itself. The always excellent Holly Hunter (Always, Broadcast News) is Claudia, a art restorer who starts off Thanksgiving week by getting fired by, and making out with, her much older boss Peter (Austin Pendelton). It's the opening scene of the film and the first of many where the...

Sisu: Road to Revenge

If Indiana Jones and Mad Max had a cinematic offspring, it's surely the fantastic SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. The leanest, coolest and funniest action thriller I've seen since the first film "Sisu" three years ago, it's a tribute to great action film making with a heavy dose of Coyote/Roadrunner mayhem. Our silent hero Aatami is back, perfectly played once again by Jorma Tomilla. It's 1946 and WWII is over. Aatami lost his wife and children to a Soviet madman in the war and he begins a quest to...

Predator: Badlands

The last two Predator films from Dan Trachtenberg have been imaginative, thrilling fresh takes that breathed real life into the series. So what in the hell happened with the silly, soft, Disneyfied and stupid PREDATOR: BADLANDS ? This is the "Return of the Jedi" of the canon. It's so touch feely that I kept waiting for the Ewoks to show up and really put in the toilet. Oh wait, yep, there it is, a little baby creature that comes along for the adventure! Whoopeeee! Schwarzenegger's Dutch is...

Wicked: For Good

It's no secret that the final act of Wicked on stage can't compare to the opening act. The great news for fans is that the fleshed out second act on film is a triumph, offering no let down from last year's first installment. WICKED : FOR GOOD is a powerhouse finale and sure to be a massive blockbuster this holiday season. Director Jon M. Chu and his returning creative team start the film off with a fast paced pursuit of Elpheba, months after she flew off at the end of the first film. She's...

The Running Man (2025)

Glen Powell is officially the new Tom Cruise, a classic action movie star at ease with comedy, drama and running like hell, which he does a lot of in the enjoyable new remake, THE RUNNING MAN . If you're going to do yet another remake, you may as well target a goofy movie that wasn't very good to begin with. The 1987 original was always lesser Schwarzenegger, directed by Starsky (from "and Hutch" fame) and dragged down by a preening Richard Dawson. It was a one and done for me in an era of...

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Recovering from its lackluster second entry nearly 10 years ago NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T sparks some enjoyable, if a bit too familiar, magic. The great news is that the final caper is a hell of a lot of fun and genuinely surprised me. We meet a trio of young illusionist street hustlers who have connected to the 4 Horsemen's mission of taking money from bad hombres. Dominic Sessa, who was SO damn good in his first role in "The Holdovers" a couple holiday seasons ago, is front man Bosco,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron...

Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS feels like a Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed with drama, comedy and a lot of melancholy, but damned if dessert doesn't almost bail out the meal. The cast is a holiday feast in itself. The always excellent Holly Hunter (Always, Broadcast News) is Claudia, a art restorer who starts off Thanksgiving week by getting fired by, and making out with, her much older boss Peter (Austin Pendelton). It's the opening scene of the film and the first of many where the...

Sisu: Road to Revenge

If Indiana Jones and Mad Max had a cinematic offspring, it's surely the fantastic SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. The leanest, coolest and funniest action thriller I've seen since the first film "Sisu" three years ago, it's a tribute to great action film making with a heavy dose of Coyote/Roadrunner mayhem. Our silent hero Aatami is back, perfectly played once again by Jorma Tomilla. It's 1946 and WWII is over. Aatami lost his wife and children to a Soviet madman in the war and he begins a quest to...

Predator: Badlands

The last two Predator films from Dan Trachtenberg have been imaginative, thrilling fresh takes that breathed real life into the series. So what in the hell happened with the silly, soft, Disneyfied and stupid PREDATOR: BADLANDS ? This is the "Return of the Jedi" of the canon. It's so touch feely that I kept waiting for the Ewoks to show up and really put in the toilet. Oh wait, yep, there it is, a little baby creature that comes along for the adventure! Whoopeeee! Schwarzenegger's Dutch is...

Wicked: For Good

It's no secret that the final act of Wicked on stage can't compare to the opening act. The great news for fans is that the fleshed out second act on film is a triumph, offering no let down from last year's first installment. WICKED : FOR GOOD is a powerhouse finale and sure to be a massive blockbuster this holiday season. Director Jon M. Chu and his returning creative team start the film off with a fast paced pursuit of Elpheba, months after she flew off at the end of the first film. She's...

The Running Man (2025)

Glen Powell is officially the new Tom Cruise, a classic action movie star at ease with comedy, drama and running like hell, which he does a lot of in the enjoyable new remake, THE RUNNING MAN . If you're going to do yet another remake, you may as well target a goofy movie that wasn't very good to begin with. The 1987 original was always lesser Schwarzenegger, directed by Starsky (from "and Hutch" fame) and dragged down by a preening Richard Dawson. It was a one and done for me in an era of...

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Recovering from its lackluster second entry nearly 10 years ago NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T sparks some enjoyable, if a bit too familiar, magic. The great news is that the final caper is a hell of a lot of fun and genuinely surprised me. We meet a trio of young illusionist street hustlers who have connected to the 4 Horsemen's mission of taking money from bad hombres. Dominic Sessa, who was SO damn good in his first role in "The Holdovers" a couple holiday seasons ago, is front man Bosco,...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron...

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