Review: “Last Christmas”

2.5 out of 5 stars. “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away.” We all know the words to “Last Christmas,” the iconic holiday favorite by Wham! And that knowledge just adds to the painful predictability of the movie “Last Christmas,” a sort of rom-com directed by […]

Review: “The Lighthouse”

3.5 out of 5 stars. In 1801, the policy was having a two man team of lighthouse keepers was changed after an incident at Smalls Lighthouse in Wales, when one keeper named Thomas died in an accident, leaving the other keeper, also named Thomas, alone to man the lighthouse, resulting in him going a little […]

Review: “Parasite”

5 out of 5 stars. In “Parasite,” the poor prey on the rich, but it turns out that there is always someone worse off than you. Writer and director Bong Joon-ho’s commentary on class—South Korea’s entry to the Academy Awards this year, and the first Korean film to win the Palm d’Or at Cannes—is a […]

Review: “Dolemite Is My Name”

5 out of 5 stars. “Critics don’t know nothing. I don’t even know why they come out in the first place. They don’t even like to have fun. Nobody cares what the critics say.” Okay, so maybe this line delivered by Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore toward the end of “Dolemite Is My Name” […]

Review: “Downton Abbey”

3.5 out of 5 stars. There’s always something comforting about returning to something familiar. Such is the case with “Downton Abbey,” the film based on the British television series of the same name. Broadcast in the U.S. as part of Masterpiece Theatre, series creator Julian Fellowes launched “Downton Abbey” in 2010. The show, which follows […]

Review: “The Peanut Butter Falcon”

4 out of 5 stars. Sometimes, a movie comes along that is so delightful and uplifting that you can’t help but forgive it its flaws. Such is the case with “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” a moving and funny story about two very different men on the run that pulls you in with its wonderful characters […]