1: Why do Laurel and Hardy get fired from the toy shop in “Babes in Toyland”? 2: How does the angel Clarence inscribe the copy of “Tom Sawyer” in “It’s a Wonderful Life”? 3: In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Lucy asks…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) In 1965, John Coltrane’s classic quartet performed his epochal “A Love Supreme” suite at the Antibes Jazz Festival in the south of France – the only public performance of the impassioned…
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) There’s a disturbing obstacle that might prevent one from enjoying this NBC comedy series, and perhaps that’s why it lasted just one season. The blockage: one’s political views.
Rare is the actor who doesn’t mind being upstaged, especially by an animal. After all, animals, like children, don’t have to work at it
Another Happy Day This family drama has its ups and downs, but it has two considerable assets – a willingness to go for the jugular and a standout performance by Ellen Barkin, doing the best work of her career.
For a film critic, there is no sadder assignment than this one.
Opening Friday Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey A Dangerous Method Footprints The Love We Make Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Tinker Tailor…
No, seriously. On our list of the best movies of 2011, chosen by Richard Corliss — our film critic of 31 years — the fourth sequel to 2001′s The Fast & The Furious comes in at number 10. He explains why thusly: This list is short on sensitive indie dramas, heavy on mainstream mayhem, but
Feature: “The Bait” (2009), “Cheaper to Keep Her” (2011), “Cowboys & Aliens” (2011), “The Debt” (2010), “Design for Living” (1933), “The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition” (various dates), “Elvira’s Movie Macabre:…
Sony releases a pair of movies you can get on the new UV home-video format. More films are coming soon, but Hollywood still needs to make UltraViolet more down-home.