Apr 9, 2021 | Movies
The year is 2063 and humans have really screwed up Earth. So much so that we have to find another world to move to. Fortunately, scientists have discovered a new planet that seems to be as habitable as ours. The problem is that it will take 86 years to get there, even...
Apr 8, 2021 | Movies
I’ve never been a fan of horseback riding or racing, both of which seem cruel to me. I’m willing to justify it in an old west setting, when there were no other means of transportation, but that era has long past. I’m especially revolted when I see...
Apr 7, 2021 | Movies
By 1995, Denzel Washington had established his big screen bona fides in “Glory,” “The Pelican Brief,” “Philadelphia,” and “Malcolm X.” That’s why it was a disappointment when his leading role in Carl...
Apr 2, 2021 | Movies
I was really looking forward to seeing “French Exit,” because after it played some film festivals last year (before the world locked down), it drew rave reviews for its leading lady, Michelle Pfeiffer, whose work I’ve always liked. What a...
Mar 31, 2021 | Movies
If you’re an hour into watching an action movie and the hero gets into a gunfight with three bad guys, do you doubt who’s going to still be standing when the last shot has been fired? If you’re watching a movie in which the hero has to transport a...
Mar 19, 2021 | Movies
In 1960, Oleg Penkovsky, a colonel in the Soviet intelligence agency GRU (not to be confused with the KGB), became very, very concerned about Nikita Khrushchev’s plans to ramp up the USSR’s nuclear missile arsenal. Penkovsky made contact with the American...
