THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS People are being a little hard on this harmless little film about beloved and discarded house pets. Of course it’s derivative but a great deal […]
Doreen Sayegh has been a skosh busy. Playwright and quote-machine William Shakespeare died 400 years ago this year, and a few folks still like to produce his work, so […]
It is all about finding something magical in life, says filmmaker Michel Gondry, when asked to sum up what his films share in common. Gondry, indeed referred to as a […]
Alex is a freelance movie critic who specializes in writing about classic Hollywood movies from the 1920s, ’30s & ’40s. He has his own film blog and he writes about film […]
THE BFG Try as I might, I could not wrap my heart around director Steven Spielberg’s latest, The BFG, based on the Roald Dahl book and the final screenplay from Spielberg’s […]
THE NEON DEMON Even when I don’t like his films (which is rare), I’m always glad writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn is out there in the world making movies. He’s something […]
If you ever walked into Excalibur & Vision Nightclub, once a hot stop in Chicago’s nightlife, now shut down, on any weekend, you would have found Stephanie Rabiola tending bar. Rabiola […]
FINDING DORY If I were the type of critic—and I’m not—to rank films that come out of the same production house (in this case Pixar), I think I’d slot their […]
Silence will be golden this summer as movie lovers around the city will have various opportunities to appreciate the history of silent films. Facets Cinémathèque will launch a new monthly […]
THE CONJURING 2 You know a filmmaking team (especially in the horror genre) has confidence when a storyline involving the Amityville Horror case is relegated to the prologue of your […]
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS As I often do before I write a review of any sequel, I went back and reminded myself what my reaction was […]
WEINER “Same Old Schlong & Dance,” “Weiner’s Second Coming,” “Weiner Pull Out,” “Weiner’s Rise & Fall,” “Tip of the Weiner,” “Weiner Exposed,” “Weiner: I’ll Stick It Out.” These are examples […]