The English Patient: Memories of Love

Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas. Photo: Miramax Some people will always think of this film as the one that stole the Best Picture Oscar from Fargo. Fair enough, the…

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby

As Queen Amber (Rose McIver) and the whole of Aldovia are eagerly awaiting the birth of her child, the royal family faces a crisis involving a neighboring monarchy. The third…

Holiday in the Wild 

When her husband dumps her right after their son goes off to college, Kate Conrad (Kristin Davis) flies to Africa where she becomes involved in the effort to protect endangered…

The Knight Before Christmas 

In the 1300s, a British knight (Josh Whitehouse) is magically transported to 2019 and an American small town where a teacher (Vanessa Hudgens) needs to learn that true love exists.…

The Affair: Remembering It Well

Photo: Showtime The Affair was widely acclaimed in its first season, but could it be stretched beyond that? The Affair struggled at first, but adapted and made a strong comeback…

Stalker: Secrets of the Zone

Photo: Goskino Andrei Tarkovsky’s crew found a grim place to shoot the scenes inside the film’s mystical Zone – two deserted hydro power plants just outside Tallinn. There had also…

Hustlers 

Shortly before the 2008 recession, New York stripper Destiny (Costance Wu) is mentored by Ramona Vega (Jennifer Lopez); a few years later, when times are tougher, they embark on a…

Downton Abbey

In 1927, the Crawleys are informed that King George V and Queen Mary will visit Downton Abbey, and the preparations begin. The movie adaptation of the 2010-2015 TV series has…

Creed II 

Heavyweight champ Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) is challenged by a Russian who is the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the Soviet boxer who killed his father in the…

Kramer vs. Kramer: Learning on the Job

Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Justin Henry. Photo: Columbia ”Wall-to-wall sentiment”, Time Out wrote in a disdainful review. Sure, if that’s what you choose to hate. Kramer vs. Kramer became…