If there is a formula for the film “Doolittle,” it may well be the following:
Huge budget ($117Million) + Big Name Stars (Robert Downey, Jr., Emma Thompson, Antonio Banderas, Octavia Spencer, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, etc.) + Exotic computer generated images set into sweeping film footage + Talented director (Stephen Gaghan who wrote and directed “Syriana” […]
John Sayles is internationally recognized as a fiercely independent filmmaker. After appearing on the radar of the film establishment with his first feature “Return of the Secaucus 7,” he built a career and a string of celebrated feature films by doing it, as the old Frank Sinatra song proclaims, “my way.”
There were scripts to write […]
“Little Women” is not a little film. In fact, it is quite large – in production scope, in reception and in the concentration of creative genius it crams into 2 hours and 15 minutes. And, one more. It is quite large in heart.
Greta Gerwig, who rocketed to fame and recognition with “Lady Bird” has crafted a script based […]
There is some emotional relief in “1917,” the latest, exceptional film by director Sam Mendes. The emotional relief lasts for about 3 minutes before the audience realizes that they are on a day, night and morning furtive journey … a foot race to halt a brutal ambush of British troops in World War I.
Once the […]
There is an ethereal elegance to Eric Forstmann’s work – an almost hypnotic aura that brings viewers back again, and again. And, each time, they are rewarded with another whisper of an idea … a moment of discovery that may bring a smile or simply be celebrated with a shake of the head.
His iconic painting […]
Episode IX of the trilogy of trilogies that is the “Star Wars” franchise has one important element to commend it. It brings “the band back together.” With the possible exceptions of Darth Vader (his crushed and melted helmet stands in). Obi Wan Kenobi (actor Alec Guinness died in 2000) and Yoda. Director J.J Abrams has […]
“Bombshell” doesn’t begin with an obliterating explosion. It simmers and bothers … it teases and terrifies. Then, with targeted force, it explodes.
This is the story of the total collapse of Roger Ailes, the legendary creator of the Fox News juggernaut who took his experiences promoting the elections of Ronald Reagan, the Bushes, Rudy Giuliani and […]
And, now we have “Cats,” the film. How, in the name of all that is magical about movies, did we get to this forsaken place?
Well, once upon a time, there was a brilliant set of poems by British poet T. S. Eliot. When wildly celebrated composer Andrew Lloyd Weber gathered up a copy of “Old […]
Clarity above all. “Marriage Story” is about a marriage that falls apart … right before your very eyes – somewhat reminiscent of the celebrated “Kramer vs. Kramer.” “Marriage Story” is, however, both unique and worthy of notice beyond comparison. It is one of the best acted, crispest films to come forward during the current “Oscar […]