Tales of Wall Street corruption are true modern-day horror stories. Greedy white men in suits (come on, they ALL are), have left virtual bloodbaths of their victims, folks stripped of their life savin…
Would Martin Scorsese put a hit on me if I said I didn't like Taxi Driver? 'Cause he sure looked miffed when he didn't win the Oscar this year. Maybe I should see if any Academy members have recently …
This biopic of Miracle Mop creator Joy Mangano stars Jennifer Lawrence as the titular single mom, who’s struggling to make ends meet while caring for her kids, her ex (Édgar Ramirez) and her divorced …
Ben Whittaker (Robert DeNiro) is a retired widower who feels he's already made the most of his free time. Without his wife, many activities lack the appeal they once had, and after a point, even the o…
Wag the Dog is one of those films that will probably have cyclical relevance through the years, depending on who is in the Oval Office. There will be years that the premise will seem outlandish, and o…
It's a strange thing watching a movie without a hero, and by hero, I don't mean anything extraordinary. I'm just talking about someone remotely likable who could be identified as a protagonist. As Mar…
Heat begins with a love scene between Al Pacino and Diane Venora so steamy that it makes me weak in the knees just to think about it. I can't believe she got paid to be kissed like that by him! Vincen…
The movie begins with the Manzoni family relocating to a small town in France through the Witness Protection Program. They're all a bit bored and jaded, and it's clear that their mafia ties have made …
Everybody's Fine is not your typical cheery, laugh-a-minute holiday movie. Instead, the film touches on love, loss, disappointment, and reconciliation. It feels a lot like real life and is almost gu…
For no particular reason, I had it in my head that Last Vegas was about four veteran actors knocking over a Vegas casino. I understood their characters to be former tough guys from New York, childhood…
I always remember my favorite college professor writing the words, "Good stuff, for what it is" on the top of a story I had labored over for most of the quarter. It seemed like a nice way of saying th…
Here you have a respectable cast, including big shots like Robert DeNiro, Sigourney Weaver, and Cillian Murphy, and an intriguing premise about scientists trying to prove (or most likely dis-prove) th…
