Movie Reviews

It’s hard to make a sequel in the best of circumstances, and when we’re talking about a “legacy” sequel made decades later, it’s especially challenging.  All sequels have to find a way to walk the line between recapturing what we loved about the original film and being diff

I did not originally think I’d have any interest in a film about a bunch of old men in a room choosing the next Pope.  But Conclave, written by Peter Straughan (based on the novel by Robert Harris), directed by Edward Berger, and starring Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tu

Wicked is, as you all probably know, the first of a two-part film adaptation of the broadway musical.  (The film was written by Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox and directed by John M. Chu.  It’s based on the musical Wicked, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by

Francis Ford Coppola has been talking about his dream project, Megalopolis, for decades.  I’m always interested in seeing artists given the opportunity to bring a dream project to fruition, and I believe that Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest directors of our time.