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By Stephen Whitty The Bronx is burning, and June Leigh isn’t doing so well herself. She was a famous novelist, once. But then came a death in the family. A case of writer’s block. Mounting debts. Now, in 1977, she sits locked away in her dead grandmother’s apartment, afraid to look outside, terrified of looking within. June is sometimes funny, sometimes edgy, often infuriating — and onscreen in every scene of The Wolf Hour. It’s a role that demands a fiercely committed actress, and luckily director Alistair Banks Griffin has her in Naomi Watts. Ever since David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive […]

Everyone looks in a mirror. Sometimes we like what we see, while other times our reflection is a painful reminder of who we are. What happens though, when the mirror image of you is trying to hunt you down and kill you? That’s just part of the story for the film Gemini Man from director Ang Lee. Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is an assassin. Working for various arms of the government, Henry is brought in for that special shot that takes the best, because he is the best. But the number of kills in Henry’s past is catching up with […]

It’s never fun to start a review to a sequel with this comment: “Did we really need a sequel to this movie?” But I have to admit my true feeling and related skepticism when sitting down with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, as when I left Maleficent I had no desire to see any kind of resumption of the story. Despite my total and complete apathy at there being a sequel released, I left my night with the Mistress of Evil in delight, as I actually enjoyed the sequel, maybe even more so than the original. I know; that last comment […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 13-19   Gemini Man A hitman is being hunted by the one person who knows his every move: a younger clone of himself. Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen (PG-13, 1:57) 1/14 Jexi Phil has a major dependency issue – he’s addicted to his phone. He has no friends, a job writing pop culture ‘Top 10’ lists, and his love life is non-existent. (R, 1:24) Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp 1/14 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (pictured above) In this sequel to the 2014 hit film, Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora are pulled in different […]