A Wicked Question
I would never sing along with “Wicked,” but is it okay if I cue up “Dark Side Of The Moon” and play it aloud when the movie starts?
Movie Review: “Gladiator II”
You won’t read many reviews of this movie that include the phrase “rabid mutant monkey dogs” and then end with a Latin pun, but that’s what you’ll get when you read mine.
Movie Review: “A Real Pain”
Kieran Culkin gives a breakout performance in “A Real Pain,” written and directed by his co-star, Jesse Eisenberg, in a story about two Jewish Americans visiting Poland to learn about their family’s experience during the Holocaust. Here’s my review.
Movie Space vs. Real Space
I like this series of videos in which subject matter experts review movies about those subjects. Here’s a longtime astronaut discussing scenes in space.
The Sphere
I hadn’t planned to visit The Sphere in Las Vegas, but when a friend said he really wanted to see what it was like, I figured what the hell and agreed to join him. Here’s my review of the experience and the movie shown inside.
MYMNK: “Cadillac Records”
The newest addition to my Movies You Might Not Know list is this 2008 title about Chess Records, the home to legends like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Etta James — and where Chuck Berry recorded his first hits.
Movie Review: “Saturday Night”
Here’s my review of Jason Reitman’s movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the very first “Saturday Night Live” in 1975.
Movie Review: “A Different Man”
Here’s my review of a movie about a man with a craniofacial condition whose appearance changes thanks to a miracle drug, but it can’t make him happy.