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AFI Fest Review: Mary, Queen of Scots – There Can Be Only One

November 20, 2018

Saoirse Ronan stars as Mary Stuart in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, a Focus Features release.Credit: Liam Daniel / Focus Features European History was never my best subject in high school. I probably learned more from... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Family – Sha-la-la-la

Fred Topel

November 14, 2018

Movies, Review

Hollywood loves to sell this idea that family is great and everyone should abandon their competitive careers and just embrace their insular world of relatives. That’s a really good way to discourage ambitious p... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Roma – Love Letter To Cleo

Fred Topel

November 14, 2018

Movies, Review

Roma is Alfonso Cuaron’s love letter to his mother’s coping under pressure, and his housekeeper’s quiet strength. It is based on his life growing up in Mexico and fees every bit as personal. Cleo (Yalitza Apar... Read More...

Final Score Blu-ray Review

Fred Topel

November 13, 2018

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

Dave Bautista makes a great action hero, but so far the only true vehicle for him has been Final Score. This Die Hard in a stadium (and therefore Sudden Death with soccer) is the kind of solid high concept acti... Read More...

Once Upon a Time At Christmas Movie Review: Bad Santas

Fred Topel

December 5, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

It's that time of year again. Some cinephiles spend Christmas arguing about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie (it is, and if you disagree, who cares if other people wanna watch it at Christmas?) Others stic... Read More...

The Hitman’s Bodyguard Blu-ray Review

Fred Topel

November 30, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

If The Hitman’s Bodyguard had come out 20 years ago, it might have seemed too generic in an age that was really pushing boundaries for action movies like Face/Off and Speed. Today it’s a refreshing return to ol... Read More...

Kidnap Blu-ray Review: 2 Taken 2 Furious

Fred Topel

November 29, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

I wish I had known that Kidnap was exactly the kind of high concept of movie I crave. I’m fine with a Halle Berry Taken vehicle but the marketing did not convey that Kidnap is almost entirely a road movie. This... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Mr. Roosevelt – Wells Wells Wells

Fred Topel

November 17, 2017

Movies, Review

Noel Wells' voice has been sorely missed from Saturday Night Live and the second season of Master of None, so it's great to get 90 unadulterated minutes of Wells in Mr. Roosevelt. Wells writes, directs and star... Read More...

Annabelle: Creation Blu-ray Review: Little Orphan Annie

Fred Topel

October 28, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

I need not have worried if the Annabelle franchise would give director David F. Sandberg as much room to play as his original film Light’s Out, which also premiered at LAFF last summer. In Annabelle: Creation, ... Read More...

Transformers: The Last Knight Blu-ray Review – Summer Baycation

Fred Topel

September 26, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

Transformers: The Last Knight picks up where Age of Extinction ended, with Optimus Prime flying into space to meet his creator. It also picks up with Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) and introduces a bunch of new ch... Read More...

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