ON SCREEN: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
Start with this premise. The “Devil Wears Prada 2” is dazzling, glitzy fun. That, in itself, is a very good reason for arranging your week around a screening near you.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE, SOME OF THE TIME
One can recall that time, seemingly eons ago, when Walter Cronkhite would calmly and directly report what had happened during the day. There were no histrionics, no inflammatory sound bites, no table pounding in those reports: just the news.
On screen: Michael
An enigma … with a great soundtrack.
IF MEMORY SERVES…
It’s always interesting to run into a word or phrase that’s novel. It’s the “what does that mean?” syndrome.
On screen: PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN
This film isn’t simply a masterful feature told with all the style and panache of a brilliant storyteller – Steven Knight – and presenting an amazing cast led by a storied actor – Cillian Murphy. It’s a critical part of a story line that has been going for years and, thankfully, will continue.
On screen: Formula 1: Drive to Survive
If art imitates life in the film “F1,” then life imitates art in the Netflix series “Formula 1: Drive To Survive.” What goes around (the race track) comes around … in grand style. And, truth be told, the adrenaline rush of the journey is worth it … in both cases.
On screen: The Bride!
Remakes seem to offer a better interpretation than originals, and therein lies the potential for trivialization that haunts Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!”
On screen: The Night Agent
Intrigue … murder … conspiracy … deception … corruption in the highest level of government.
IN PRAISE OF BETTER ANGELS
Sitting on the shoulder of Dickens’s title character were not angels and devils, but a talking raven, Grip. Throughout the book, it is Grip who delivers the punch lines, the insights, and the wisdom that somehow escape young Barnaby who is clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
On screen: Shrinking
“Shrinking” on Apple TV really has a very simple success formula. It’s a wonder that more series producers don’t take note and blithely follow suit.