Oppenheimer
Is Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — about the brilliant physicist who led the team that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II — worth your time and money? Read my full review here.
“The League”
Here’s my review of a new documentary about the Negro League baseball teams that thrived in the years before Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier — and then went bankrupt.
Labor Gladiators
Over the weekend, I came upon the Netflix documentary, “Muscles and Mayhem: An Unauthorized History of American Gladiators,” and found it surprisingly relevant.
Random Thoughts
Quickies on the SAG/AFTRA strike, Russians at Wimbledon, the impact of “The Bear” in my house, summer campers at the pool, and the shortest wait time ever.
Wonka Minute
There’s yet another movie headed our way about Willy Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet. What I’m waiting for is the other Wonka-verse story, the one that answers these questions.
“Mission Impossible 7”
Here’s my review of “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part 1,” in which Tom Cruise once again proves he’s not only the biggest movie star in the world, but a hell of a stuntman, too.