It’s a little difficult to be completely objective after watching New Wave: Dare To Be Different, the story of WLIR radio, from Long Island. I listened to the station religiously…
Film Reviews
“David Bowie: The Last Five Years” — with many detours back to the ’60s, ’70s, and early 2000s.
A long day’s journey into the dark soul of “Blade Runner 2049”
“Alien: Covenant” is one part chest-bursting thrills — and two parts “Intro to Humanities.”
Debra Winger and Tracy Letts star in a late middle age love story
This is a true story, a heartwarming story and one that frankly, I wish had a bigger audience because it was so well executed, performance-wise. A Street Cat Named Bob,…
New thriller plays it clean with respect to the haunting/possession genre.
Surprisingly effective chomper debuts prior to “Shark Week.”
When I first heard that a documentary had been made about The Damned, I was absolutely chomping at the bit to see it. My love and respect for this band…
Northern Soul is a 2014 British film directed by Elaine Constantine. Set in 1974, it’s about two Lancashire teens, Matt and John, whose lives become intertwined are changed forever by…
Thrilled to see that the Showtime network has sought fit to broadcast the British documentary, The Jam – About The Young Idea, as it’s high time a sizable audience could…
National Lampoon: Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead is the no-bullshit story of the most influential humor magazine to ever exist. Co-founded by Douglas Kenney, Henry Beard and Douglas Hoffman, this magazine…
When you first hear the synopsis behind The Wolfpack, you almost impulsively think it’s a real life horror story: for fourteen years, a family of six boys and a girl…
Cynical, bed-hopper and boozy…and those are her good qualities!
Michael Winterbottom’s latest film makes sure you remember who Meredith Kercher is.
The new film about Brian Wilson is a triumph
I will make no apologies for what I am about to say: I loved Spandau Ballet and I still think their albums – especially the first two – are classics…
Christian Bale stars as Moses in Ridley Scott’s latest epic.
The Wrecking Crew is the brilliant new(ish) documentary from filmmaker Denny Tedesco; it’s a labor of love and small wonder – his late father Tommy was the brilliant guitarist who…
Don’t blame the filmmakers of Penguins of Madagascar for the recent troubles at Dreamworks Animation. The movie may feel like the company just cashing in on the most popular characters…
“The Rewrite” is a funny, traditional rom com that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day.
“Girlhouse” is a new slasher film about women who are attacked by a deranged killer.
One of the more interesting (to fascinating) musicians/writers to come out of the post-punk era is unquestionably Nick Cave. As the lead singer of The Boys Next Door and The…
Christopher Nolan takes us on a MÁ¶bius strip of a story in “Interstellar”
The story of director Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank is simple: Jon is a would-be songwriter with endless ideas in his head, but no outlet. He winds up joining, due to an…
The Past Is A Grotesque Animal is the story of Athens, Georgia based Of Montreal, led by the eclectic and showman-like Kevin Barnes. This band, which began in 1996, has…
Life Itself is the gripping, heartwarming, detailed and powerful story of the inimitable Roger Ebert, the beloved film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times (as well as scriptwriter, author and all…