By Jake Coyle/ AP Film Writer The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting […]
‘F1’ is a perfect vehicle for Brad
Pitt and Clooney carry “Wolfs”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer The overriding tension in “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as rival fixers brought in to clean up the same crime, isn’t so much the threat […]
“Bullet Train” crashes, not Pitt
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Aboard the speeding locomotive of “Bullet Train” ride at least five assassins, one venomous reptile (a snake on the train), countless glib Guy Ritchie-esque slo-mo action sequences, […]
“Ad Astra” fascinates, and then drags
By Jim Tortolano Brad Pitt, he of the dazzling, disarming smile, has now moved far from his beefcake days to a fine mellow elder Hollywood long-distance runner. His latest journey has taken […]
Does “Once Upon A Time” tell the future?
By JimTortolano All evidence to the contrary, Quentin Tarantino is really a soft-hearted guy. In three of his most recent movies, he has indulged in good-conquers-evil revenge fantasies, and his latest – […]
“Allied” allies action with love, mystery
By Jim Tortolano John Wayne liked cavalry movies. Brad Pitt likes World War II movies. He’s in a pretty good one called “Allied,” which deftly combines action, romance and mystery. He plays […]
