Its full title is Birds of Prey: Or the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn; however, I find nothing fantabulous about it. A long time ago — in the 1990s, I believe — I used to rant quite a bit […]
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The Hunt for Red October (1990) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Another of Sean Connery’s great performances being celebrated after his recent death is that of Russian submarine skipper Marko Ramius, in the first Tom Clancy adaptation to reach the big screen. Thirty years later it remains top-notch entertainment, and the […]
Continue reading »The War with Grandpa (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I didn’t know anything about this title before seeing it, other than that Robert De Niro was the star. I have since learned that it has been on the shelf for three years, boasts more than thirty-five producers (including chef […]
Continue reading »Goldfinger (1964) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
One of the few silver linings of this crummy year is that theaters have chosen to turn to older classics in order to lure viewers back. This week, in the wake of Sean Connery’s death at 90, some theaters are […]
Continue reading »Hope Gap (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
Small-scale, independent dramas do not often attract actresses the caliber of Annette Bening to headline them, but this British production has managed it. Bening and Brit favorite Bill Nighy star as a couple married twenty-nine years who suddenly reach an […]
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