Yesterday, I posted a lengthy review of Jason Reitman’s “The Front Runner,” with Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart, whose presidential aspirations were derailed when the press covered his personal indiscretions. But I left out three points, so I’ll cover them today: If you see the movie and wonder why Reitman didn’t show the now-iconic photo […]
It was late 1986 when I took over the morning show at WCXR in Washington, DC. Every day, I’d wake up with several hours of radio to fill. Fortunately, the news cycle over the course of the next few years was rife with stories that I gladly exploited as entertainment for my listeners. Marion Barry […]
Quiz: which of these is the plot of “Widows”? When four thieves are killed while escaping a job gone wrong, their grieving wives get together to pull off a heist. Corrupt politicians in Chicago battle to win an aldermanic election and control of their ward. Gangsters give a woman two weeks to pay off her […]
I became a fan of Rob Brydon after seeing him doing dueling Michael Caine impressions with Steve Coogan in “The Trip” and its two sequels. Now Brydon is at the center of an ensemble in “Swimming With Men.” He plays Eric, a CPA who is extremely bored with his life at a big accounting firm. […]
At the St. Louis International Film Festival this weekend, I saw a wonderful documentary called “Bathtubs Over Broadway.” It’s about Steve Young, who was a writer for David Letterman’s shows for more than 20 years. One of the bits he created was Dave’s Record Collection, which featured the kind of oddball recordings that I also […]
Andy Greene of Rolling Stone fact-checked the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” and found several things it got wrong. Among them: The group never split up. The movie veers the furthest from reality in the build-up to their 1985 performance at Live Aid. There’s a dramatic scene where Freddie reveals that he’s signed a solo deal behind […]