The Tens: Best Of Film 2017

It was a very good year. (At the movies, anyway.)

Molly & Tonya & Lady Bird, Oh My: The Women Of 2017

Attention, please, gentlemen: 2017’s Best Actresses are not taking any more of your shit. It wasn’t planned this way. No one could have predicted the seismic events that hit Hollywood in the last quarter of 2017, beginning with Harvey Weinstein and continuing with seemingly everyone else. It’s much too soon for awards hopefuls to incorporate […]

The Perils Of Being A Wallflower: Outcasts Pay In ‘Indignation’

Forgive me. I know it seems much too early to talk about the Oscars, but we’re getting into that time of year now. So far, 2016 has been all but entirely barren of buzzworthy performances. I have a small handful of favorites, but only one or two that are certain to make the cut on […]

‘August’ Of Wind: Pot Smoking, Pill Popping & A Lot Of Bluster

It’s hot in Osage County in the summertime — likely because of all the star wattage you’ll find there. Let’s take a tour. Here we have the Oscar Queen, Meryl Streep, peerless amongst all actresses who ever lived. And over here is Julia Roberts, one of the biggest and brightest movie stars of the past […]