Albert Brooks Looks Back

Albert Brooks Looks Back

Here are some of my thoughts after watching “Defending My Life,” the documentary about Albert Brooks made by his friend of sixty years, Rob Reiner (now streaming on Max).

“Your Lucky Day”

“Your Lucky Day”

Here’s my review of a tense new thriller about a drug dealer who steals a very valuable lottery ticket from another customer in a convenience store — and then things begin to unravel.

“The Holdovers”

“The Holdovers”

In Alexander Payne’s new movie, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and newcomer Dominic Sessa spend Christmas break together at a New England private school in 1970. Here’s my review.

Too Long Or Too Lazy?

Too Long Or Too Lazy?

There are still people griping that Martin Scorsese’s “Killers Of The Flower Moon” is over three hours long. But here are some other things they’ll sit through despite having similar runtimes.

Oscar Wars

Oscar Wars

I have been watching and writing about a lot of movies lately (including six reviews last week), but I’ve also been reading about them in a great new book about the history of the Academy Awards. Here’s my review.

“The Royal Hotel”

“The Royal Hotel”

Here’s my review of a new movie starring Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as vacationers who take a job in a mining town in the Australian outback, only to find themselves surrounded by dangerously toxic masculinity.

“Old Dads”

“Old Dads”

Here’s my review of Bill Burr’s new movie, about Generation X fathers trying to navigate a world of Millennials, including their younger wives.

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