Film Reviews
Film Review-PIG
PIG
Playing at The Moviehouse, Millerton, NY and Triplex Cinema, Great Barrington, MA
Rated R
Fair warning. Pig is not a film for everyone. The “R” rating should be enough to steer families looking for an evening out with the kids to look elsewhere.
Which is not to say that Pig is a film that should be ignored, avoided or left to slip away, […]
SUMMER OF SOUL …Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised
On screens locally and streaming on Hulu
There was a time when “I was there” referred to being one of the 400,000 at the four days of rain, mud, music and mayhem that was known as Woodstock. The event has been revered as the turning point for rock and roll … the moment the “counterculture” found its stride.
Lost in the American […]
Film Review-IN THE HEIGHTS
IN THE HEIGHTS
PG
At local theaters and streaming on HBO Max (one month)
If, as singer/songwriter Harry Chapin once observed, “All my life’s a circle …” then let’s begin where we end. Full circle.
DON’T MISS THIS FILM!
There, now that we’ve settled that, let’s give you a few of the thousand reasons to head out to a cinema near you and embrace 2 […]
Film Review-A QUIET PLACE PART II
A QUIET PLACE PART II
PG-13
Currently in theaters and streaming in July
Movie “franchises” are intriguing. Think Godfather or Terminator or the paragon, Star Wars. Once the gauntlet is thrown and viewers have become hooked on the characters, the challenges, the risks and the inevitable triumphs, filmmakers have to contend with the ultimate crowd-killer “I liked the first one better!”
John Krazinski, the […]
Film Review-Dream Horse
DREAM HORSE
PG
In local theaters and streaming on June 11th
It only seems fair that one of the first forays into in-theater film viewing in a post-pandemic summer should be a “feel good” film about real people who do everyday (read “dull”) jobs and end up getting hit with “the lucky stick.”
DREAM […]