Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho” opens with the Webster definition of narcolepsy. It’s the first and far from the last offbeat touch in Van Sant’s film. We meet Mike (River Phoenix), a drifter and a hustler, who stands on...
I’m a long time comic book creator for DC and Marvel comics, but two years ago I created my own “Blacklist Universe” via crowdfunding sites. There’s a reason I named my company “Blacklist.” It’s a nod to having been blacklisted at...
Hollywood stars have little to say about China, and for very good reason. The film industry relies on the Communist nation to bolster its box office fortunes. At a time when expensive, IP-driven properties aren’t a sure thing, that matters. Case...
The residents of a Southeast D.C. neighborhood would like a word with Amy Schumer. District residents calling Anacostia home gathered over the weekend to demand more, not less, police officers in their community. What energized the residents? The death of an...
Bryan Singer’s “X-Men,” the first in the series, boldly begins in Poland, 1944. We see Eric Lehnsherr, later known as Magneto, as a young man being torn apart from his parents in a Nazi concentration camp. It’s a dour place to...
A quick perusal of Judy Gold’s Twitter account makes it clear she won’t be voting for President Donald Trump this fall. The veteran comic routinely rails against both the President and the GOP. That’s standard stuff for modern comedians, an entertainment...
Cooper Lawrence isn’t satisfied doling out celebrity “hot takes” with a limited shelf life. Lawrence, a Gracie Award–winning radio personality, digs deeper than social media standards to learn how celebrity culture has evolved in modern times. Her seventh book, available July...
The review for “Greyhound” should write itself. Tom Hanks, Mr. “Saving Private Ryan,” plays a Navy Captain protecting U.S. troops as they cross an Atlantic Ocean crawling with U-boats. The production captures the danger, the uncertainty, of this war-time effort, even...
Peter Yates’ 1983 summer fantasy “Krull” is an odd one, a 10-ton box office flop that went on to become an affectionately recalled pop footnote. On the planet Krull, Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall) eagerly awaits his marriage to the lovely Princess...
In a way, previous action movies beat “The Old Guard” to its own punch. Everyone from Dominic Torreto to James Bond acts as if they’re immortal, running into enemy fire or jumping over ravines with little thought for life or limb....
