Month: March 2020

Director: Sylvester Stallone Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers Year: 1979 Rocky is the king; Rocky II is the heir to the throne that can’t possibly live up to…

Director: John G. Avildsen Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers Year: 1976 Rocky is the perfect storm of mediocre talent peaking at the right/same moment and giving us something…

Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher Year: 2019 Michael Winterbottom likes to work with Steve Coogan, which is great, but unfortunately Greed is more The Look…

Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Madeline Kahn Year: 1981 We’ve been waiting a long time for Part II, Mel; maybe after the quarantine you can get on…

Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Cary Elwes, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Lewis Year: 1993 Men in Tights was one of Mel Brooks’ last movies and you can tell; the gag was up. …

Director: Menahem Golan Starring: Sylvester Stallone, David Mendenhall, Robert Loggia Year: 1987 Watch the openings credits, listen to the cheesy 80s theme song, and tell me Over the Top isn’t…

Director: Stephen Merchant Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn Year: 2019 I’m not sure there’s a cuter duo you could put on screen than Florence Pugh & Jack Lowden;…

Director: Richard Attenborough Starring: Everyone Year: 1977 Where The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Great Escape succeeded, A Bridge Too Far failed.  Although, those former two are POW…

Director: Stephen Herek Starring: Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Shaun Weiss Year: 1992 Herek gave us some icons in the late 80s & early 90s, even if none of them were…

I’m not taking this lightly, but during this difficult time we can all use a little distraction.  So, during semi-quarantine, what better job for a film critic than to recommend…