Dragged Across Concrete ~ This was one of the most suspenseful — almost unbearably so — cop movies I’ve seen since The French Connection. And blessed with a soundtrack that, while it doesn’t surpass Don Ellis‘ seminal work on that quintessential 70’s film, did reignite my interest in the O’Jays …
The Laundromat ~ I can’t tell yet if it’s because Steven Soderbergh is such a talented director that he brings out the best in his cast, or whether it’s because top talent like Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and Meryl Streep, freed of hype machine and blockbuster expectations (although a nominee …
Watching (and rewatching) an inordinate number of films since Covid-19 proved the pin to burst the latest economic bubble. First, the most recent releases: Knives Out ~ Starts out as an intriguing whodunnit chock-a-block with twists, false leads, side plots and a rogue’s gallery of characters with plenty of motive …
I owe Esther Williams an apology but unfortunately I’m seven years too late to deliver it (she died in her sleep at the venerable age of 91 in 2013). On the few occasions I caught her show-biz aquatic act from clips of her at-the-time blockbuster movies — Neptune’s Daughter, On …
