The simple pleasures of ‘Fairways to Happiness’
Happiness might be one of the most basic and elusive of human desires. Everyone wants to be happy and in turn wants their loved ones…
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January 13, 2023
‘Murder, Anyone?’ a joyous look at the writing process
The writer of a play or a screenplay is typically regarded as “the man (or woman) behind the curtain” whose work, while essential, is unseen…
December 22, 2022
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: drink it in
Photo courtesy 20th Century Studios Over the past 25 years, James Cameron hasn’t been in much of a rush to make feature films; but, when…
December 15, 2022
‘Violent Night’ stays off of the naughty list
Photo courtesy Universal Pictures If you are going to make a movie with Santa Claus as an action hero, you have to get the tone…
December 1, 2022
‘The Fabelmans’ make movie magic
Photo courtesy Universal Pictures Steven Spielberg was the reason I learned that there was a person called a director behind every movie. After cranking out…
November 22, 2022
Pay attention to what ‘She Said’
Photo courtesy Universal Pictures When the #MeToo movement spread across social media at the end of the last decade, women all over the world shared…
November 18, 2022
Peel back the layers of ‘Glass Onion’
Photo courtesy Netflix “Looking through the bent-backed tulipsTo see how the other half liveLooking through a glass onion.” – The Beatles In “Knives Out,” writer/director…
November 18, 2022
‘Wakanda Forever’ keeps the Black Panther legacy alive
Photo courtesy Mavel Studios The death of actor Chadwick Boseman in 2020 was shocking not only because he was a relatively young man, but also…
November 10, 2022
Successfully dodging ‘The Take Out Move’
“The Take Out Move” is not a movie, at least not in the conventional sense. Instead it is a series of bits filmed against the…
November 4, 2022
Be on the lookout for ‘I’ll Find You’
Love in wartime is a common dramatic theme because it represents hope in the darkest of times. The movie “I’ll Find You” is a solid…
October 21, 2022