Stieg Larson’s black clad, Goth, bisexual, iconoclast with considerable hacking skills, Lisbeth Salander character doesn’t blend easily with the derring-do exploits of a James Bond persona, but that is what Salander, played this time around by Royal portrayer Claire Foy, …
“The Grinch” Isn’t Such a Mean One After All
In Dr.Seuss’ The Grinch what makes the Grinch redeemable and savable isn’t his two size small heart which is capable of growing bigger, or his sunny mean disposition and pranks punctuated with moments of tenderness and compassion. No, it’s his …
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”: The Perfect Non-Romantic Twosome Create Their Greatest Con
In Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant create the perfect criminal twosome. She creates literary forgeries and he inspires her and peddles them when the feds get wise to her. When the gaze is on …
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“Bohemian Rhapsody”Bringing on the Myth of Mercury and Queen
Queen was a good rock band made great by its frontman, Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody is a good rock film made great by the performance of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. Malik is the plus one that makes Bohemian Rhapsody …
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“Beautiful Boy”: A Soft Focus Addiction Drama
Beautiful Boy, a harrowing film about drug addiction and its effect on a father and son relationship, struggles to reconcile its two origin sources. David Sheff’s title memoir tells the father’s side, while Nic Sheff’s Tweak relays the son’s addiction …
“The Other Side of the Wind”: Orson Welles Own Serious Parody of Himself and Cinema
Orson Welles last film The Other Side of the Wind (on Netflix) reconstituted from footage and assembled by a master team of film editors, directors and Welles scholars, establishes some lofty goals, mainly how to have both a serious film …
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“The Happy Prince”: Skips The Happy and Goes for the Gloom of Wilde
The Happy Prince is a fairy story about Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett) in the last sad years of his life. Rupert Everett, both actor and director here, knows Oscar bait when he sees it, and the story of an exiled …
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