‘A Man on the Inside’ review: Ted Danson meditates on life in new comedy
My first memory of Ted Danson is of him dancing solo to Frank Sinatra in a pool of light on a pier in the movie…
Wicked review: Wizard of Oz based story is a perfect slice of escapism from the miserable weather and even gloomier news
Wicked PG 160mins★★★★☆THERE aren’t many surprises in Hollywood – but one of them is it took 21 years to get stage musical Wicked on to…
‘All We Imagine as Light’ review: Mumbai women forge bond
Life disappoints and, reliably, so do the movies. But then one comes along with the boldness to suggest there’s a connection in simply feeling the…
‘Dune: Prophecy’ review: Women lead and vie for power
Even before Denis Villeneuve’s big-screen, two-part 2021 film introduced it to moviegoers who had missed David Lynch’s enjoyably bonkers 1984 adaptation, Frank Herbert’s “Dune” had…
‘Allee Willis’ review: Late pop genius gets fitting tribute
At her height, all the record labels wanted songwriter Allee Willis. But labels in general were never her thing. She was a prolific, pioneering music…
Review: Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi in a ‘Godot’ worth the wait
What’s most surprising about the excellent Geffen Playhouse production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” starring Rainn Wilson (“The Office” and Aasif Mandvi (“The Daily…
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ review: Jazz, African politics
Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of…
‘Bird’ review: Hope is scarce in Andrea Arnold’s Brit drama
A raw fable about looking up instead of feeling down, “Bird” shows writer-director Andrea Arnold back in a familiar milieu of cramped youth on the…
‘Red One’ review: Action and Christmas struggle to connect
There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One,” the Christmas-themed action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, where you witness the movie just roll…
Football regulator: EFL chief hopes ‘seminal review’ can end Premier League ‘deadlock’
Parry also expressed concern at “a whole raft of competition law cases which are impacting on the way that we run the game".He continued: "Having…
Watchdog to review police handling of abuse claims
PA MediaThe police watchdog will review how Metropolitan Police officers handled allegations of sexual misconduct against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.The Independent Office for…
‘Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ review: Faith-based ‘Bad News Bears’
There’s no shortage of seasonal films that claim to extol the “true meaning of Christmas” and this year, the holiday comes early with Dallas Jenkins’…
Review: David Gilmour shines on at end of 3-night stand at Hollywood Bowl
With a musical and cultural legacy so vast it’s nearly impossible to quantify, singer/guitarist David Gilmour could easily rest on his impressive laurels. Especially at…
‘Dahomey’ review: African art returns home, colonialism stings
A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through…
‘Emilia Pérez’ review: Musical heightened by danger, boldness
A lawyer, a kingpin, and his wife walk into a musical, and “Emilia Pérez” is born, Frenchman Jacques Audiard’s full-bodied, colorful epic about transformation, redemption…
‘A Real Pain’ review: Bickering cousins examine resentments
As the saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. But what happens when a family member is also a…
‘Here’ review: Fixed camera on one family yields zero depth
Lately, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has been a somewhat confounding figure. The director of such beloved movies as the “Back to the Future” series, “Forrest Gump,”…
‘La Cocina’ review: Restaurant drama is one of the year’s freshest
Opening with a quotation from Henry David Thoreau’s 1863 essay “Life Without Principle” including the lines “Let us consider the way in which we spend…
Has Nintendo found a better way to wake up? A review of Alarmo
No one has ever applauded me for getting out of bed before. But for the last week and a half a tiny, cheery red machine…
Soft Power and Great Power Competition: Shifting the Sand in the Balance of Power Between the US and China -Book Review
The twenty-first century is witnessing a change in global power structure marked by peaceful rise of China, resurgence of Russia and America’s intent to retain…