The exploration of the planet Mars and discovery of inhabitants there is the subject of the exciting mini-series "The Martian Chronicles." Director Michael Anderson ("Around the World in 80 Days" 1956) and teleplay author Richard Matheson expertly adapted this show from Ray Bradbury's 1950 sci-fi novel of [..]
Xanadu (1980)
How do we begin to describe what was no doubt the worst film of 1980? "Xanadu" had unfocused direction by Robert Greenwald ("Burning Bed" 1984) and a terrible storyline from the screenplay by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel. The choreography by Victor J. Kemper [..]
Ordinary People (1980)
The Best Picture of 1980 is....."Ordinary People." Television comedy legend Mary Tyler Moore took on a heavy drama role in the movies and succeeded, receiving great critical acclaim and adulation with the movie-going public. "Ordinary People" was a smash at the box office, much to the [..]
Vengeance (2022)
"Vengeance" is a black comedy film about a New York City journalist who travels to Texas for a girl friend's funeral. Things turn serious when he realizes that she may have been murdered. The movie is smoothly directed and well written by [..]
Uncharted (2022)
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg team up to search for lost treasures from Ferdinand Magellan's voyage of 1519 in "Uncharted." This fast-moving action-adventure picture was well directed by Ruben Fleischer ("Venom" 2018), with a tightly written screenplay by Rafe Lee Judkins, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway. [..]
Father Stu (2022)
"Father Stu" is the interesting true story of a boxer who becomes a Catholic priest, and eventually is stricken with a muscle disorder that hinders his ability to perform the duties of his ministry. The film was well put together by Rosalind Ross in her first motion [..]
Nope (2022)
Producer-director-screenwriter Jordon Peele ("Get Out" 2017) has created a unique science fiction horror film called "Nope." It tells the story of a UFO making repeated appearances in a small town that attracts tourists with a wild west show. The suspense builds with each arrival of the [..]
Bullet Train (2022)
"Bullet Train" is an action-adventure film with strong comedic elements. Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock head a cast on a Japanese bullet train filled with hit men trying to assassinate one another, to make a long story short. Producer-director David Leitch ("Atomic [..]
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
"Where the Crawdads Sing" is an engrossing crime drama about a young woman who had been abandoned as a child to raise herself in a North Carolina swamp, only to later find that she has been accused of murder and put on trial. [..]
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
The Best Picture Oscar of 2022 goes to....."Everything Everywhere All at Once." Directors-screenwriters Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (known as "The Daniels") deliberately blend and bend the conventional motion picture boundaries in this "absurdist" story of a woman who is being audited by the Internal Revenue Service [..]