Louis C.K.’s sexual misconduct allegations make his new movie even more...
“I Love You, Daddy,” the movie scheduled for release next week that comic Louis C.K. directed, scripted and stars in, abruptly had its Thursday night New York premiere canceled, as was a planned...
View Article5 movies you’ll probably want to avoid this weekend
It’s one of those off kinds of weekends where the best new movie I can recommend is a gory (but kinda fun) workplace massacre thing. I can assure you that better stuff will be coming through pretty...
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How Justice League’s new heroes feel about joining Wonder Woman, Batman and...
The super-powered superheroes of “Justice League” have some super expectations to meet. One of them already has been, though. For Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller, joining fellow newcomer Jason Momoa and...
View ArticleWonder Woman 2 not affected by Brett Ratner allegations, studio says
“Justice League,” like its well-regarded predecessor in Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe of superhero films “Wonder Woman,” was partially financed by RatPac-Dune Entertainment. The co-owner and CEO...
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‘Justice League’ review: Here’s what you need to know
The “Justice League” movie is perfectly OK. Nothing more, but crucially, nothing less. What director Zack Snyder (with presumably invaluable assists from co-screenwriter and additional photography...
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Joss Whedon brought ‘own flavor’ to ‘Justice League’ after Zack Snyder left
Zack Snyder remains the sole credited director of “Justice League.” Joss Whedon has a screenwriting credit on the movie. Although Whedon stepped in to finish the feature when Snyder left the project...
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‘Justice League’ review: Here’s what you need to know
The “Justice League” movie is perfectly OK. Nothing more, but crucially, nothing less. What director Zack Snyder (with presumably invaluable assists from co-screenwriter and additional photography...
View Article5 totally OK films to see this weekend
Everything I’ve seen that’s opening theatrically in the L.A. area this weekend is . . . OK. Nothing’s great, but none of them are total losses either. Some have more worthwhile attributes than others,...
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5 surprising films (and more) we saw at AFI Fest 2017
The AFI Fest is always a good place for local film buffs to catch the first public screenings of hot awards season contenders. The film festival’s 2017 edition, which concluded Thursday, was no...
View Article3 reasons why Timothée Chalamet is having a very big year in film
Timothée Chalamet is having his Wow Year. The 21-year-old actor is the prince of awards season indies with his lead role in the acclaimed first love drama “Call Me by Your Name,” a perfect supporting...
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5 new Thanksgiving week movies, from best to worst
Quite a spread being laid out for L.A. moviegoers this Thanksgiving week. Below I review, in descending order of how great I think they are, a sophisticated first love story, an ultramodern...
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This British movie invasion is just the worst
I declare Brexit. I’m breaking up with British heritage movies, I mean. Our patriot forebears didn’t fight King George for future American generations to be cinematically occupied by all these emphatic...
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How James Franco turned the world’s worst movie into the great ‘Disaster Artist’
If you’re like most people, you probably know James Franco best as the goofy comic actor from “Pineapple Express,” “This Is the End,” “The Interview” and the like, or the intense dramatic actor who...
View Article‘Avengers: Infinity War’ trailer teases what may be the ultimate Marvel movie
The first big “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer hit the Web today. It does look yummy. For lifelong Marvel fans like me, anyway: Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the brothers responsible for the last...
View ArticleThere’s one amazing film about a bad movie to see this weekend…and 4 others...
One pretty danged great movie and four OK-if-you-like-that-kinda-things opening in L.A. this weekend, which I review in descending order of OK-ness below. And if you don’t feel like going to the...
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Here’s the L.A. Film Critics Association’s complete list of winners for its...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association celebrated an exceptionally good year of movies by sharing its 2017 awards wealth around among the most distinctive works of the year. “Call Me by Your Name”...
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Why Guillermo del Toro is taking a break after monster love story ‘The Shape...
We’ve been trained to expect the unexpected from Guillermo del Toro. The Mexican auteur has infused his unique vision and intelligence into movies about bizarre comic book antiheroes (“Hellboy” I &...
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It takes a village, and some K-Y Jelly, to squeeze into ‘The Shape of...
We’ve all heard that clothes make the man. In the case of “The Shape of Water’s” oddly attractive fish fellow, it’s the latex rubber body suit and silicone facial appliances. But it’s also the 6’3”...
View ArticleHow ‘Shape of Water”s submerged love scenes were flooded with romance
Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” may not boast the century’s weirdest sci-fi movie coupling. That honor probably goes to the 2016 Mexican movie “The Untamed” (which, BTW, you should seek out)....
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Filming ‘Tribes of Palos Verdes’ in San Pedro didn’t cause waves for SoCal...
Locals only! Well, not really, nor in the most toxic sense of surf culture territorialism. But the film adaptation of Joy Nicholson’s semi-autobiographical novel “The Tribes of Palos Verdes” clearly...
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