‘Unbreakable’ (2000) a rare ‘real-world’ superhero story
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Shyamalan’s hyped follow-up to “The Sixth Sense” is dripping with style as it tells a superhero’s origin story.
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‘Unbreakable’ (2000) a rare ‘real-world’ superhero story
Jonah Hill creates beautifully ugly, sometimes harrowing time capsule of the ‘mid90s’ (Movie review)
The brilliance of “mid90s” (2018), now available on Amazon Prime, is in the details. Writer-director Jonah Hill, known for his comedic acting roles, grew up in this time, and he has a great ear for […]
The top 100 ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songs, ranked
Music rankings: Judging the song itself, the choreography and the performances, here are my selections for the top 100 “CXG” songs.
DCEU lightens up with funny ‘Shazam!’
Movie review: “Shazam!” is a funny and family-friendly addition to the DC Extended Universe.
Larson grabs attention in the small-scale ‘Room’ (2015)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Before she was Captain Marvel, Brie Larson grabbed attention on a smaller scale.
Despite being from her point of view, ‘Summer ’03’ keeps teen’s world at a timid distance (Movie review)
“Summer ’03” (2018) had the misfortune of coming out the same year as “Eighth Grade,” which showed new blood can be wrung from the stone of coming-of-age dramedies. Stacked against other entries in the genre […]
Japanese film ‘Shoplifters’ is a heartfelt exploration of a makeshift family (Movie review)
When I throw around the phrase “makeshift family” in reviews, I’m usually talking about tight groups of friends. But the Japanese film “Shoplifters” (2018) shows us a more literal makeshift family. It’s about six societal castoffs […]
First episode impressions: ‘This Is Us’ Season 3 (TV review)
My TV-watching buddy Shaune says of “This Is Us”: “Even when it’s happy, it’s sad.” That contradictory statement perfectly sums up TV’s most emotionally draining show, which is up to its usual tricks in this […]
First episode impressions: ‘Manifest’ (TV review)
“Manifest” (10 p.m. Eastern Mondays on NBC) isn’t quite the “What does it all mean?” “Lost”-style mystery I thought it would be. Then again, it’s not exactly original, either. It’s just that the TV shows […]
This year’s ‘Tully’ isn’t the first great film to go by that name (Movie review)
The Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman “Tully” – now available for home viewing – eventually won me over by being a quality film, but I was initially peeved that it uses the same title as one of […]