By Jim Tortolano I like salt on my movie popcorn, but I don’t want a cupful of the stuff dumped on top. That pretty much sums up my view of “Vice,” a […]
“Vice” has excess as its biggest vice
Weekend: A holiday with Dick Cheney
Things really slow down between the holidays, but there are still a few interesting new things to do and see. Here’s our list.
“Aquaman” is all wet, but still fun
By Jim Tortolano Sometimes a comic book movie is the most fun when it’s basically a comic book in a movie. No one will confuse “Aquaman” with great cinematic art, but if […]
Weekend: “Aquaman,” “Poppins,” etc.
A superhero and a super-nanny are on the silver screen, and there are some holiday activities to enjoy this weekend before Christmas. Feliz Navidad!
Retorts: The good, the bad and the slow
Where does the time go? It fades away like your dad’s best jeans, as the song lyric goes. This is the last Retorts of 2018, so it seems appropriate to look back […]
“The Mule” is stubbornly imitative, dull
By Jim Tortolano Watching “The Mule,” one gets a sense of deja vu, but seen through a dusty cracked lens. This latest – and one would hope – and last film with […]
Chow Lines: Sandwich bliss at Cortina’s
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano When we make a list of the kind of eateries we’d like to see in our neighborhood, we add places like Cortina’s, a hip but warm Italian […]
Weekend: Clint’s back; Santa’s winds up
Christmas is coming, the geese is getting fat. Won’t you please go online and order some gifts from Amazon? Whoa, I guess old-fashioned holidays are no longer in fashion. Escape all that […]
Sources: Another home for Shakespeare
The new year is still more than a month away, but events move so fast these days we have to look into the future to try to shape it. Here are two […]
Weekend: Scots, snow and hot Ducks
Between shopping expeditions, work, studying for finals and more, you deserve a break. Here are some opportunities to relax your brain and think about something other than the busy requirements of the […]
