For appreciators of those old Warren Miller skiing films, and frankly, every other soul on the planet, La Liste: Everything or Nothing is must-see cinema. Director Eric Crosland has somehow managed to capture something on film whose scope is simultaneously more grandiose than anything you’ve ever seen and as intimate […]

La Liste: Everything or Nothing Review: A Spectacle of the ...

If it’s January or February, you can count on Liam Neeson having an action movie out in theaters. This goes back to his launching pad in this milieu, Taken, with its January 30, 2009, release date. Some are better than others—such as The Grey, which is utterly fantastic. It’s not […]

Blacklight Review: Has Liam Neeson Jumped the Action Movie Shark?

Fans of the subgenre of film that is the rom-com have seen it all, so when a film like Amazon’s I Want You Back comes along, it should be celebrated. Charlie Day is Peter and he and Anne (Gina Rodriguez) had been going strong for years. The operative word in […]

I Want You Back: Jenny Slate & Charlie Day Are ...

Somehow in the grains of time that have passed since the summer of 1969, history has reserved the spotlight and historical reverence for The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Don’t get me wrong, that was huge. But merely 100 miles to the south over six weeks, not simply one, a […]

Summer of Soul DVD Review: Questlove Directed Doc Spotlights 1969 ...

It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and sure enough, the local multiplex (and through the streamer Peacock—after all, we’re still in a pandemic) has itself a rom-com with a heavy emphasis on the rom. Kat Coiro’s Marry Me stars Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson as a perfectly imperfect match. J. Lo is […]

Marry Me Review: Jennifer Lopez & Owen Wilson Work It!

There is something incredibly indelible about the sixties, particularly on the music business side of things. With rock and roll, its figureheads were always larger than life. But those that specifically emerged in the so-called “Age of Aquarius” had an extra-large dose of awesomeness that is uniquely and unequivocally tethered […]

The Second Age of Aquarius Review: “Some Rock Stars Never ...

There are few “instant classic” movies out there in the world. You know the type, from the moment it is released, there is something truly exquisite about it that makes it a film worthy of immediate as possibly adding it to the personal collection. But that was absolutely the case […]

Wayne’s World 30th Anniversary Steelbook Blu-ray Review: It Is Worthy!

The Academy Award nominations have been announced and that means it is time for The Movie Mensch’s Oscar Watch to rear its head and chime in on the biggest snubs and surprises of Oscar 2022. Now, there weren’t too many seismic snubs this year, but certainly, there were enough to […]

Oscar Watch: Snubs & Surprises 2022: Where Is Ruth Negga ...