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Michael Pena and crew grind out a made for Netflix Sci Fi thriller with a twist. It mostly comes across as any war flick except in the final 3rd of the movie when it reveals a decent plot twist that finally makes the movie interesting. |
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The banality of evil gets a powerful debunking in Operation Finale, an awkwardly if accurately titled docudrama about the Mossad’s 1960 capture of Final Solution logistics chief Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Little Adolf was famously said to embody “the banality of evil” as he dissembled during …
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The (real) Man Who Got Eichmann
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Spike Lee found a true American tale worthy of his talents in the exploits of detective Ron Stallworth, the black officer who led a successful takedown of the KKK in late Seventies America. It’s crazy funny. Stallworth is a true American hero, straight up, the only one unblemished in Lee’s ted…
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Real Ron Stallworth, American Hero
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Behold the best movie of the year. Alpha leads the pack literally and figuratively. Vividly realistic if surreal sequences of life in Europe 20,000 years ago cradle a family love story and one of the best dog stories ever. What’s not to love? The most intense opening scene of an action-ad…
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The first hour of the movie in 2½ min...
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Jennifer Garner ably leads an action movie, convincingly playing an avenging mother who takes down an LA-based drug cartel and the corrupt law enforcement officers on their payroll. Will this be enough for the studio to order a sequel? Probably not, but it’s enough to be entertained by Peppermint.
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Peppermint Fury
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Charming romcoms that are more intelligent than LOL funny are worth their weight in popcorn. Juliet, Naked is lightly buttered, a fine time at the movies for smart comedy fans as much as for lonely hearts. An exceptionally strong cast centers on the serene beauty of brainy Rose Byrne, who i…
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Beauty & Two Beasts
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First Man is a forced march, joyless despite the profoundly joyous – if harrowing – adventure it chronicles. One disaster or near-disaster after another, and then … triumph. Some of this stems from the nearly inchoate mid-century man that was Neal Armstrong and some from his joyless marriage….
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How They Do It, in Hollywood
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