Like The Force Awakens, Creed is the seventh entry in a franchise that stretches back to the 1970s.  Actually, the Rocky saga is one year older, having begun in 1976.  And while this may sound like blasphemy considering how beloved the Star Wars adventures have […]

Like most movie fans I too have been looking forward to the new Star Wars adventure, though perhaps less optimistically than most.  For me only IV and V — A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back — are really good.  And two out of […]

What if sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs were not wiped out by a colossal asteroid strike?  According to this Disney-Pixar tale, the Earth would now be dominated by dinos who farm and ranch.  If the concept is a little […]

Every holiday has a dark side and Christmas is no exception.  German and Austrian legends hold that “Krampus” lurks about, ready to punish naughty children.  Now there is a film about this particular Grinch, and while it has some areas […]

This is a Hollywood adaptation of a 2009 Argentinian film with the same title (+ The).  The earlier film is a masterpiece which won the Best Foreign Film Oscar; the ending still haunts me to this day.  Now Billy Ray […]

I had no idea what Spotlight was about until a few weeks ago, when I finally caught a preview for it, and saw what would appear to be a well-meaning but obvious crusade film against pedophile priests.  Boy did I misread […]