The tyrants of history have indeed been bloodsuckers. They take from the people, plunder and tend to leave trails of corpses behind. September 11, 2023 marked 50 years since the elected socialist government…
History is full of people who never set out to be pioneers. The circumstances of their dreams dropped them into the role. Such was the fate of Saúl Armendáriz, an amateur gay wrestler…
The later years of one of the great minds and talents of the Renaissance era is celebrated in the stop-motion and hand drawn animated feature “The Inventor.” Leonardo da Vinci may be…
Director Craig Gillespie takes an energetic and humorous dive into the GameStop stock craze in his latest feature, “Dumb Money,” in which Paul Dano gives another impressive and understated performance. Dano portrays Keith…
Some movies really push it when selling themselves as adaptations. Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice” is officially “inspired by” by Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party.” Aside from using the title…
Out of the entire “The Conjuring” franchise, the character of the Nun really functions as nothing more than a jump scare. Like Michael Myers, she works best as an eerie presence that terrifies…
The saga of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) and her large and lively Greek family continues in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” the sequel to the beloved sleeper hit “My Big Fat…
Casting is everything in “The Good Mother.” Without these talents on screen, there just wouldn’t be much else to this movie. Some films work that way, where the photography and performances come…