TO DIE FOR
By Marc S. Sanders Gus Van Sant’s To Die For has to be one of the most wickedly delicious satires of the last thirty years. Buck Henry adapts Joyce Maynard’s novel that takes a bite out of the juicy apple that savors fame and popularity. Nicole Kidman delivers my favorite performance of her extensive career…
MOONLIGHT
By Marc S. Sanders Within one of the most crime ridden and destitute neighborhoods of Miami, Florida a black youth named Chiron does his best to survive bullies while evading the drug fueled temper of his mother, Paula. Barry Jenkins shot his Best Picture Oscar winner in twenty-five days. The film’s pace is sluggish, but the sum…
THE MANDALORIAN AND THE GROGU
By Marc S. Sanders The Mandalorian And The Grogu is an absolutely fun, rollicking adventure with no demands to overthink or criticize. The film that is spun off from the hit Disney + show more than serves its purpose to just entertain. It does not require much background knowledge from other Star Wars properties, and…
UNDER SIEGE
By Marc S. Sanders Die Hard on a battleship is how to describe Under Siege, Steven Seagal’s best film. His second best is Executive Decision, and (SPOILER ALERT) he dies in the first ten minutes of the movie. What does that tell you? Before Andrew Davis scored big time with The Fugitive in 1993, he used a lot of…
ELEANOR THE GREAT
By Marc S. Sanders In her directorial debut, Scarlett Johansson offers purpose and more to gain and learn about life even when you’re in your mid-90’s. She directs June Squibb as Eleanor Morgenstein, a widowed ninety-four-year-old Jewish mother who relocates from Florida back to New York City when her roommate of eleven years, Bessie (Rita Zohar),…
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA/THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
By Marc S. Sanders I love when a movie can teach me about an industry. Network and Broadcast News dive deep into television news. Boogie Nights lends a sneaky and empathetic eye to the porn industry. The Big Short explores the pains of mortgage lending and investments. Spotlight reveals unwelcome truths within the Catholic Church by way of the press. The Devil Wears Prada offers brilliant…
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
By Marc Sanders You know, everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You’re a miracle! Your stories have none of that…It’s like going on a date with a Chatty Cathy doll. I expect you have a little string on your chest, you…
CHANGING LANES
By Marc S. Sanders The title is not meant to just be taken literally. Roger Michell’s film shot on location in New York City pull the fulcrums which alter the destructive paths of two very different men. The script beckons them to pave each other’s roads they will follow from here on out. Their destinations can lead to…
LUCY
By Marc S. Sanders Only the headlining actors’ names appear before the title of the film, Lucy, but ten minutes into it I should have known I was watching a Luc Besson actioner. It’s over the top and proudly exaggerated in its fiction like Leon: The Professional or The Fifth Element. Because this one has Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman talking…
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
By Marc S. Sanders Martin Scorsese declared that Gene Tierney is one of the most underrated actresses of all time. It’s likely her femme fatale performance in Leave Her To Heaven supports that argument. Miguel mistakenly left his Criterion copy at my house and on a whim, I popped it into the machine. With no knowledge of what the film was…
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