Movies
Pitched as a “Heathers” for the Instagram age, Tyler MacIntyre’s “Tragedy Girls” lacks the satirical bite and subversive weight of that 1988 cult classic.
Oct. 19, 2017
In “The Pallbearer,” a nice but nerdy unemployed architect (David Schwimmer) tries to win his high school dream girl (Gwyneth Paltrow) but is tempted by an older woman (Barbara Hershey) who mistakes him for the best friend of her recently deceased son. (Rated PG-13.)
May 9, 1996
“Sound!
July 10, 2019
Publicity about Dane Cook’s criticism of the poster for ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’ could give it the edge.
Sept. 19, 2008
Four friends on the brink of middle school discover a dead body in the coming-of-age film ‘Summering,’ directed by James Ponsoldt.
Aug. 12, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
Reviews of recent favorites like ‘Creative Control,’ ‘Eye in the Sky,’ ‘Race,’ ‘The Witch,’ ‘Where to Invade Next,’ ‘Anomalisa’ ‘Carol,’ ‘The Big Short,’ ‘The Danish Girl,’ ‘Chi-Raq,’ ‘James White,’ ‘Creed,’ 4-star ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Brooklyn,’ ‘Room,’ ‘Steve Jobs,’ ‘The Martian,’ 4-star ‘Mississippi Grind,’ ‘Sicario,’ ‘Sleeping with Other People,’ ‘Everest,’ ‘Cooties,’ ‘Queen of Earth,’ ‘We Are Your Friends,’ ‘Digging for Fire,’ ‘Straight Outta Compton’
March 16, 2016
So far, my search for intelligent chicks in the summer movies is proving to be a bust.
May 14, 2008
July 20, 2017
In “A Little Princess,” Sara Crewe, the pampered and kind daughter of a widowed British officer, must leave India for an oppressive boarding school where she is forced to become a servant after hearing her beloved father has been killed in WWI.
May 25, 1995
When I hear about a movie whose director based the story on firsthand accounts of the scary problems teens face today, I start to worry that the scariest problem teens face today is directors interviewing them for their creepy movies.
Sept. 3, 2004