Biopics are easy to assimilate bits of history. But they sometimes take too much license in telling their “true” stories. We turned to Mike Be…
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is opening for Memorial Day weekend. It’s what studios call a tentpole movie — one that props up t…
Actor Gene Hackman recently passed away at age 95. Denzel Washington had this to say: “I’m still reeling from the news that Gene Hackman left …
That old saying that “You can’t cheat Death” applies here. In “Final Destination Bloodlines” — the sixth film in the classic horror franchise …
With all the high school graduations taking place this time of year, we got nostalgic for those crowded halls, the smell of locker rooms, and …
Yes, you’ve seen this plot before: two spies fall in love and leave their secret agency that no one is allowed to leave. The story usually con…
Don’t be misled by the title of “The Surfer” and the golden hues that greet us at the beach — this is not a reprise of “The Endless Summer.”
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Benjamin Géza “Ben” Affleck-Boldt — you know him as Ben Affleck — always wanted to be an actor. His first acting gig was a Burger King commerc…
Nic Cage’s turn in “The Surfer” made us want to compile a list of surfing movies. Rather than looking at popular fare like “Point Break” and “…
I’ve always been fascinated by secret rooms. I loved those old movies like “The Old Dark House” or “The Black Cat” that featured spooky mansio…
Back in 1997, when I was publisher of Marvel Comics, we introduced a new superhero group — The Thunderbolts. This was a team of flamboyant new…
Moviemakers sometimes screw up. They include things in films that don’t belong in the time period being depicted.
Back when I was publisher of Marvel Comics, I helped salvage a superhero known as Black Panther. That ultimately led to a movie franchise that…
Recently, I rewatched “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic that should have won the Best Picture Oscar this year. The film chronicled Dy…
Last week, we listed the Top 10 war movies for each of 10 wars. However, readers had many more films to suggest. Movie mavens Andrew Daley, Sh…
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It must be like looking into a funhouse mirror to see someone else playing you in a movie — and even more disorienting when you’re directing t…
The new movie “Warfare” got me thinking about war movies. I’m not a big fan of the genre, but nonetheless, I began wondering which was the bes…
“The Woman in the Yard” has the simplest plot for a horror film you can imagine: a woman sitting in the yard.
Andy Kaufman must have been a weird kid. He was certainly strange as an adult — all the multiple versions of him.
Actor Val Kilmer passed away last week. Although a sometimes-difficult actor, he left his indelible stamp on the characters he played. Who wil…
John Lithgow has appeared in more than 50 films, countless television projects and numerous stage productions. He pops up again in the New Zea…
Those of you who don’t play a lot of video games might not be familiar with Minecraft. Actually, it is kind of a non-game — what’s called a sa…
Jenny Pen is a scary plastic puppet with no eyes. But unlike Chucky or M3gan — or even Robert the Doll — she’s not the real antagonist. That r…
I’ve been a fan of Jason Statham since watching the original “Transporter” movie trilogy (2002 to 2008). There, he plays a neatly dressed, pol…
Are you a fan of Robert De Niro? If so, this is the movie for you, for you get not just one, but two Robert De Niros.
Jason Statham has established himself as one of the most iconic action stars of modern cinema. However, critics are all over the place when it…
In spy talk, a black bag operation is a covert burglary to obtain intelligence information. The phrase refers to the black bag of equipment th…