Wake Up Dead Man
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigates the murder of a monsignor (Josh Brolin) in an upstate New York church; one of the suspects is Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor), a newly-arrived priest…
Blue Moon
The saddest man you ever knew, or dynamic, alert and fun? Opinions on Broadway songwriter Lorenz Hart, who died of pneumonia and alcoholism in 1943, vary. This film imagines him…
Back in Action
After keeping a low profile for 15 years, and also raising two kids, former secret agents Matt and Emily (Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz) are thrown back in the game when…
All of Us Strangers: Trapped in Childhood
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. Photo: Searchlight Pictures All of Us Strangers freezes the portrait of one’s parents in a specific time period. The background is steeped in tragedy. On…
Oslo
In 1993, two Norwegian diplomats (Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott), who are also married, talk Palestinian and Israeli representatives into secret negotiations. This adaptation of the play may lose some of…
1917: Crossing No Man’s Land
Photo: Universal We’re only a week away from the Oscars and 1917 is the clear frontrunner, especially since it won the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards. Not that…
Victor Frankenstein
In 19th-century London, medical student Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) helps a hunchback (Daniel Radcliffe), who has great knowledge of human anatomy, escape from a circus. We’ve seen the Mary Shelley…
Spectre
As James Bond (Daniel Craig) chases a particularly powerful villain (and shadows from his past), the British intelligence community is about to change in a way that deeply worries M…
Band of Brothers: Memories of Hell
Photo: HBO The original quote from William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is: “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall…
John Adams: The Reluctant VP
Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti. Photo: HBO Sometimes there are discrepancies between filmmakers and the people hired to market their work. The tagline of this ambitious HBO miniseries has nothing…