AP Film Writer On Nov. 8, 2018, the day one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history burned the town of Paradise, California, and killed 85 people, a school bus driver was […]
White-hot drama: ‘The Lost Bus’
“Gentlemen” is really Matt McConaughey
By Jim Tortolano Next to superheroes in capes, about the most reliable genre in modern movie-making is bad guys with charm. That’s a big part of the appeal of “The Gentlemen,” a […]
What is really real in this “Serenity”?
By Jim Tortolano I don’t like mimes, hypnotists, magicians and the like because I don’t like being fooled. But sometimes there is pleasure in being hoodwinked in a clever and stylish way. […]
“Dark Tower” film isn’t the book, but …
By Jim Tortolano If you read the Stephen King novel “The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger” you may be disappointed in the new film “The Dark Tower,” but only in the sense that […]
