Tina Fey's New Movie Is Funny But Flawed
Tina Fey does light comedies: Baby Mama, Date Night, Sisters. Given her career to this point, I expected Whisky Tango ...
An Ode To It
DIRECTOR: DAVID O. RUSSELL/2016
It’s been a year of joy at the cinema. The emotion has run the gamut of characters bearing the name to varying...
Tom Hooper's Transgender Character Piece Visually Soars, Narratively Crashes
DIRECTOR: TOM HOOPER/2015
I read a quote recently that made the point that when...
Gay Rights Film Is A Failure On Every Level
DIRECTOR: ROLAND EMMERICH/2015
Let’s have a brief moment of sympathy for Roland Emmerich: a gay man himself, he...
Kitsch Artist Biopic Is No Masterpiece
DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON/2014
You think you know a guy… For the whole of his directorial career, former animator Tim B...
James Brown Biopic Gets Down With Its Bad Self
DIRECTED BY TATE TAYLOR/2014
The brand new James Brown biopic Get On Up is a mixed bag, both admirable and aggr...
Comparing and Contrasting The Big One-Word Titled Films of Fall 2013
“Life in space is impossible.”
Ditto that when it comes to life as a 1970s Formula 1 ...
And my story on Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is such a fascinating person, both as an athlete and a historical figure. I find myself to be obsessed with his...
