NYAD– 4 STARS Among the casual Guinness Book of World Records-reading crowd, the majority point to something like Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, as the top measuring stick or pedestal of human endurance. With
THE MARVELS– 3 STARS Four years ago, one of the shared character mantras in Captain Marvel was “higher, further, faster, baby” The 2019 movie lived up to that ambition introducing Brie Larson’s transformed amnesiatic fighter
THE KILLER– 5 STARS Among his peers and contemporaries, David Fincher conveys a commanding control of fluidity that few filmmakers can rival in this day and age. His stringent melding of staging, cinematography, performance outcomes,
TROLLS BAND TOGETHER– 4 STARS No matter how you dress, comb, braid, or style them, troll dolls are darn cute and have been since they were invented by Danish woodcutter Thomas Dam in the late
WISH– 3 STARS LESSON #1: A CENTURY OF WISH FULFILLMENT– Taken for what its title represents, Wish maintains what has become the comprehensive theme and guiding principle throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company.
MAY DECEMBER– 2 STARS In 2015 after Carol debuted at the Cannes Film Festival that summer, The New York Times described celebrated director Todd Haynes as being known for “making provocative films that subvert narrative
MAESTRO– 5 STARS Despite the film’s prodigious title and the eminence of the subject, nine-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper– wearing the hats of producer, writer, director, and star– puts great emphasis on Maestro being
NAPOLEON– 2 STARS Former French emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte is one the most widely recognized and referenced figures in all of world history. Evoking his name– especially for the first-name-only Napoleon from one
by Nancy Fernandez In an industry known for its glitz and glamour, it’s no surprise that many of Hollywood’s elite seek out the most extravagant and unique living arrangements. Lately, a new trend has been
AMERICAN FICTION– 4 STARS Right off the bat, the screenplay of Cord Jefferson and the acting of Jeffrey Wright let audiences know the defining mindset and the type of man Thelonious Ellison is going to