Movie Review: “Standing Up, Falling Down”
Scott Rollins is a struggling comedian in Los Angeles with a career that’s gone nowhere. Giving up on his dream, he moves back in with his parents and sister on Long Island with no plan, no idea what to do with his life. One night, while drinking at his favorite...
Movie Review: “Midway”
In the summer of 1942, the US and Japan fought the Battle of Midway, a sea-and-air engagement that was pivotal in turning the tide of the war in the Pacific. The story was told on film in 1976, with an all-star cast that included Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn...
Charles Brandt, “I Hear You Paint Houses”
Martin Scorsese’s new movie is “The Irishman,” starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, as well as lots of other names you’ll recognize (Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Jesse Plemons, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Romano). It will be open in...
Movie Review: “Terminator: Dark Fate”
Machines get older and grow gray hair and beards, too. That’s one of the lessons of “Terminator: Dark Fate,” the sixth movie in the series. Except that this one ignores the three previous sequels (“Rise Of The Machines,”...