THE IRISHMAN – Review by Susan Granger
Martin Scorsese has created a sprawling, three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic, teaming Robert De Niro with Al Pacino (for the first time),
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THE IRISHMAN – Review by Brandy McDonnell
Even by their superlative standards, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci – the latter came out of retirement at Scorsese’s behest, give stellar performances, and Industrial Light & Magic’s de-aging effects show just how far that cinematic technology has come in a short time.
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Ruth E. Carter and Sandy Powell talk Epic Costuming – Jazz Tangcay interviews
Ruth E. Carter made history when she became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Outstanding Costume Design add this year for “Black Panther.” Recently, she’s reteamed with Eddie Murphy on Netflix’s “Dolemite Is My Name” (they previously collaborated on “Daddy Day Care,” “I Spy” and “Dr. Dolittle 2”), for which where she created more than over 75 costume changes for the star Murphy alone.
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JOKER – Review by Susan Granger
Ostensibly, this is the ultra-bleak origin story of DC Comics’ super-villain and Batman’s arch nemesis, known as the Joker. Saddled with a long familial history of insanity, which he shares with his deranged mother who tried to burn him alive as a child, troubled, tortured Arthur Fleck, who’s plagued with uncontrollable laughter, has endured years of social isolation and medical negligence.
Read moreTHE COMEDIAN — Review by Susan Granger
Back in 1983, Robert De Niro played a sociopathic wannabe celebrity in Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy,” starring Jerry
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In 2000, Robert De Niro proved he could be funny in “Meet the Parents.” Before that, he was a heavy,
Read moreTHE KEEPING ROOM, A BRAVE HEART, MISUNDERSTOOD, THE INTERN and Other Sept 25 Openers – Reviews by Jennifer Merin
In The Keeping Room, a gripping post-Civil War drama, Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Muna Otaru brilliantly portray women who
Read moreTHE INTERN – Review by Susan Granger
Looking for a date movie or a feel-good flick your mom would enjoy? You can always rely on mainstream comedy
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