‘The Holiday’ (2006) is impossible, and impossibly cute
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Four movie stars team up for the inevitable Christmas rom-com on their resumes; lucky for us, charm edges out schmaltz.
Kate Winslet
‘The Holiday’ (2006) is impossible, and impossibly cute
‘Wonder Wheel’ (2017) a stagy, gorgeous drama
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Kate Winslet has the showy role, but Juno Temple is a vision even against the vibrant 1950s backdrop.
Winslet leads stellar cast in gripping ‘Mare of Easttown’
TV review: A loaded cast and an emphasis on characters makes this HBO miniseries stand out despite its standard murder-mystery trappings.
‘Contagion’ (2011) looks at the process of a pandemic
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Soderbergh takes a sober and sobering look at the process of a pandemic.
Gorgeous-looking ‘Insurgent’ further explores ‘Divergent’ world (Movie review)
“Insurgent” further clarifies the political structure of the “Divergent” universe, features award-worthy set pieces in a run-down Chicago two centuries in the future and – like the original film – ultimately succeeds because Shailene Woodley is […]
Woodley, production design make ‘Divergent’ a fresh dystopian parable (Movie review)
“Divergent” plays with traditional dystopian sci-fi tropes and totalitarian government riffs in rather unsurprising ways, but it holds a viewer’s attention thanks to the immensely watchable Shailene Woodley and a beautifully grim post-apocalyptic Chicago cityscape. Avoiding […]
What moment in ‘Titanic’ makes you lose it? (Movie review)
Sometimes it takes a while to appreciate perfection. Don’t get me wrong; I thought “Titanic” was a great movie the first time I saw it, and it easily made my top 10 of 1997. I didn’t begrudge […]