Posted on December 31, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Happy New Year! Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy 2020. If you’re home tonight, try one of these: Garry Marshall’s “New Year’s Eve” shows us a variety of happy, poignant, and romantic encounters on the night of December 31. “When Harry Met Sally” has a memorable New Year’s Eve dance. In “Holiday,” …
Posted on December 31, 2019 at 11:35 am
Writer/director Rian Johnson has made his commentary on “Knives Out” available for free download. Take it with you on your phone and listen (quietly) when you see it again.
Posted on December 31, 2019 at 8:00 am
Every year one thing I especially look forward to are the surprises — the actors we have not heard of as the year begins but who will dazzle us with acting skill and cinematic charisma, and to those we think we know but discover all over again as they show us range and ability we …
Continue reading “Movie MVPs of 2019: Florence Pugh and Adam Driver (Plus Keanu!)”
Posted on December 30, 2019 at 12:20 pm
My top ten list for 2019, in alphabetical order and with runners-up: “1917” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” “Amazing Grace” “Bombshell” “Booksmart” “The Irishman” “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” “Little Women” “Marriage Story” “The Peanut Butter Falcon” Runners-up: “Apollo 11,” “Blinded by the Light,” “The Farewell,” “Hail Satan?,” “Honeyland,” “Motherless Brooklyn,” “The …
Posted on December 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Merry Christmas! And Happy Hanukkah! Wishing all a season of light and hope and a new year filled with health, happiness, and time with friends and family.
