The Godfather?is forty-five years old. Let that soak in for a minute. Now, Paramount Pictures has re-released?The Godfather?trilogy on Blu-ray for fans who want to collect them in high definition. But Francis Ford Coppola’s film has defined mob movies since then, and even occasionally influenced the mob (apparently). For everyone else, the admiration for the…
The Department of Justice sends an up-and-coming lawyer, Preston Terry (Selma, Race), and a seasoned investigator, Ashe Akino (Sanaa Lathan, The Best Man?series,?Love & Basketball), to investigate the shooting of a white college student by an African American sheriff’s deputy?in a small, North Carolina town. But their investigation is a tangled web of lies and…
?Of all the mysteries for me, people are the hardest to fathom.?
Tibetan mastiff Bodi (Luke Wilson) has a strange encounter with music that changes his life when a radio falls from the sky into his village on Snow Mountain. Turning his back on his father’s (J.K. Simmons) desires for his life as the next guard of the village, he pursues rock god Angus Scattergood (Eddie Izzard)…
This weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Salazar’s Revenge in the UK) comes out in theaters. The last time Disney released a Pirates movie, it was a bit of a disaster. Or was it? [Note: This review contains spoilers, and was written with the assumption the reader has seen the film.]…
?I have a hall. I have a dress. The apartment is almost ready. It?s a small task to God to find me a groom by the end of Hanukkah.?
Tom Brady might be New England but David Ortiz is Boston. While the three-time World Series champion might have been “just” a talented designated hitter on an American League team fighting decades of failure to the world before Patriot’s Day 2013, afterward, he was the galvanizing face of a city that stood against terrorism, fear,…
In The Commune, a group of friends form a commune in 1970s Copenhagen. It is an adventure that is both fun and challenging. Sometimes the differences between the residents are humorous, but all this togetherness can also break down things that seemed solid.
?Will God forgive us?? — Toller (Ethan Hawke,?First Reformed) First Reformed tells the story of Toller (Ethan Hawke), a former military veteran and pastor of the First Reformed Church.? Preparing to celebrate their 250th anniversary, the church has become largely ceremonial, with most parishioners having moved over to the local megachurch, led by charismatic Pastor…
It seems Einstein?s head is occupied with other things while at the patent office–things that could change the world.
