Hamlet: Besting Henry V

Laurence Olivier. Photo: Rank Film As Ethel Barrymore opened the envelope at the 1949 Oscars and learned that Hamlet had been selected by her peers as Best Picture of the…

Brassed Off 

In the small town of Grimley in Northern England, Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) joins the local brass band, made up of miners; she has a secret they won’t like… A film…

Henry V: An Evening at the Globe

Laurence Olivier. Photo: United Artists In Donald Spoto’s 1991 biography on Laurence Olivier, the actor is described as having a somewhat disastrous turn as a soldier during World War II.…

Fear Street: 1666 

Deena (Kiana Madeira) reunites the corpse of the witch Sarah Fier with her severed hand and suddenly has a vision from Sarah’s perspective of what happened in 1666, when the…

Fear Street: 1978 

Deena and Josh (Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores, Jr.) track down Christine Berman (Gillian Jacobs) who was a teenager in 1978; she starts telling them about the massacre at Camp Nightwing…

Fear Street: 1994 

After a massacre at a mall in Shadyside, teenager Deena Johnson (Kiana Madeira), her closeted girlfriend (Olivia Scott Welch) and brother (Benjamin Flores, Jr.) realize that it’s connected to the…

Bicycle Thieves: Desperate Acts

Enzo Staiola and Lamberto Maggiorani. Photo: Compass Film When Bicycle Thieves was released in Italy, it was far from an instant classic. Some critics considered the film too negative in…

Fast & Furious 9 

Dom and Letty (Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez) are drawn out of retirement to chase after a device that can control any weapons system; suddenly, Dom’s younger brother (John Cena) becomes…

The Forever Purge

After the latest round of the Purge, a Texas rancher family and two Mexican immigrants (Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta) learn that there’s an organized, country-wide attempt to keep…

Godzilla vs. Kong

An expedition uses Kong to take them into the Hollow Earth, looking for a power source; meanwhile, Godzilla wreaks havoc. Another entry in the monster franchise that began with Godzilla…