Thursday, April 11, 2019
There was no one like Aretha Franklin, and this knockout chronicle of the recording sessions for "Amazing Grace" captures her powers at their peak.
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 04:24PMMonday, January 9, 2017
We were warned not to miss a moment of Jimmy Fallon’s Golden Globes opening number, which some had accurately predicted would be an extended tribute to “La La Land.” And why not? Dami…
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 07:00AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
If the first "Star Wars" (1977) hadn’t already been rebranded “A New Hope,” that optimistic title might have applied just as well to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” by any measure …
Linked From Variety at 05:52AMFriday, December 4, 2015
Come back, come back, wherever you are, David Mamet. All is forgiven (even “Race”) if you will just quit jerking us around on non-plays like “China Doll” and get a gr…
Linked From Variety at 12:07AMMonday, September 21, 2015
A sharply drawn portrait of a dysfunctional artistic family that effectively speaks to the troubled legacy all parents (Plunkett & Walken) bequeath to their children (Kidman & Bateman). Bea…
Linked From Variety at 08:48AMTuesday, May 13, 2014
Variety critics talk the can’t-miss pics at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — and attempt to do so in 140 characters or less. (Click image for large preview.)
Linked From Variety at 01:00PMThursday, March 27, 2014
This sloppy, boisterous "X Factor" spoof is a splashy, flashy tonal mess that just about succeeds.
Linked From Variety at 05:05PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
James Dearden turns his own 1987 screenplay into a dreary, clunky stage drama laboriously helmed by Trevor Nunn.
Linked From Variety at 09:25PMMonday, March 24, 2014
Frederick Weller and the ever-astonishing Tyne Daly bring considerable humanity to Terrence McNally's diffuse and disjointed new play.
Linked From Variety at 08:30PMSunday, March 23, 2014
This reverential revival of the long-runner Broadway hit is a solid piece of theatrical architecture.
Linked From Variety at 10:00PMFriday, March 7, 2014
Bryan Cranston owns the role of LBJ in this beautifully built dramatic piece.
Linked From Variety at 07:47AMFriday, January 10, 2014
Bruce Ramsay directs and stars in a modestly inventive but curiously bloodless version of the Bard's timeless tragedy.
Linked From Variety at 12:51PMMonday, December 2, 2013
"Frozen," a musical about two princesses? You wouldn't know it from the Mouse House's advertising strategy, aimed at concealing everything remarkable about Disney's splendid new animated fea…
Linked From Variety at 07:27PMSaturday, October 12, 2013
Doug Hamilton's engaging backstage doc offers a straightforward account of "American Idiot's" journey to the Great White Way.
Linked From Variety at 11:50AMWednesday, April 24, 2013
Wouldn’t we all kill to be invited to a dinner party at Sue Mengers’? But, as Bette Midler puts it so plainly to the auds at her solo show, “Of course I would ask you to st…
Linked From Variety at 10:56PM 
