Academy Award winning director Barry Levinson’s (“Rain Man”) newest film, HBO’s “The Survivor,” premiered to a hushed crowd Monday evening at Temple Emanu-El, the limestone Romanesque synagogue on 65th Street and Fifth Avenue. Ben Foster stars in the true-life story of Harry Haft, a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz boxing … [Read More]
Running April 5th through the 10th, “ASPEN SHORTSFEST” is one of only four Oscar-qualifying festivals in America to feature short films exclusively. I was honored with previewing ten of the productions to be shown at the prestigious event held annually in this Colorado snow skiing mecca. Here are my reviews. “Jensen”-A rock band’s lead singer suffers an … [Read More]
Based on the best selling novels, Reacher is a brand new series coming to Amazon Prime Video. The series has cast Alan Ritchson in the role as Jack Reacher. If you’re interested, you can read our spoiler-free review for season 1 of Reacher. We recently got a chance to speak … [Read More]
Shang–Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is due to take the Marvel Cinematic Universe to new heights. The film stars Simu Liu as the title character, Shang-Chi and is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. In the comics, Shang-Chi is known to be one of, if not the best … [Read More]
Shang–Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is due to take the Marvel Cinematic Universe to new heights. The film stars Simu Liu as the title character, Shang-Chi and is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. In a previous interview, Cretton talked about how he was drawn to the MCU … [Read More]
La cadena is Spanish for “the chain”. The new movie “La Cadena” is a slice of life examination of a quiet man serving as a link, connecting with others in Christian faith. Then they in turn, nurturing a continuing cycle as the meek inherit the earth. It is a simple … [Read More]
Marvel’s What If…? series has got MCU fans pretty excited with what’s to come. The series explores a lot of potential variations of situations and characters in the multiverse. With so many possibilities, it’s hard to even know what we should get excited about. In order to tantalize fans even … [Read More]
What If…? flips the script on the MCU, reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways. Marvel Studios’ first animated series focuses on different heroes from the MCU, featuring a voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their roles. As we take this deep dive into … [Read More]
Marvel’s What If…? series is officially in full gear. We’re heading head first into the various stories of the multiverse and the plethora of stories that could happen. The promos and trailers have teased us with images of a Peggy Carter taking the super soldier serum, or Wakanda’s T’Challa becoming … [Read More]
Psyche! Me, as it happens. I totally bought into the notion that everyone was in on the gag in the new crime mind-mucker “Faking a Murderer”. Turns out they weren’t, oh rused reviewer. Director Stuart Stone and Producer Adam Rodness co-star and co-wrote this story of a couple of conniving Canucks co-conspiring … [Read More]
Loki has been a fan favorite character in the MCU ever since his debut in Thor. He reached the heights of being one of Marvel’s best villains in The Avengers when he failed to take over New York. After some years, his character has taken a long road to redemption … [Read More]
Loki has been nothing short of an interesting ride into the multiverse of the MCU. We learned about alternate realities and the nexus events that would trigger them. These nexus events would create the branches in reality and also result in the creation of variants. Mild spoilers for Loki ahead … [Read More]