Movies
Consider how everything changed in the late '70s and early '80s when cable television suddenly (it seemed to most of us) put 40 or more channels at our disposa…
by Philip Martin July 3, 2022Maybe it’s sometimes good if we don’t know how Stan Laurel met Oliver Hardy or how the Joker became so evil.
by Dan Lybarger July 1, 2022Because so many of Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese's movies have been set and shot in his native New York, it's easy to forget that his first movie for a Hollywoo…
by Dan Lybarger July 1, 2022"Official Competition" is quasi meta-comedy of sorts from the directorial team of Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat, that follows the trials and peculiar tribulat…
by Piers Marchant July 1, 2022"Mr. Malcolm's List" is sure to be comfort food for fans of light and breezy period rom-coms. It also provides a happy escape for moviegoers who might be seeki…
by KEITH GARLINGTON Special to the Democrat-Gazette July 1, 2022Sometimes a story is best told by not telling much at all. The new documentary "Bitterbrush" is a perfect example.
by Sean Clancy July 1, 2022Watch Philip Martin’s On Film column at: arkansasonline.com/71onfilm
by Philip Martin July 1, 2022NEW YORK -- "Elvis" has won its box-office dance-off with "Top Gun: Maverick." After the two films reported the same ticket sales Sunday, Monday's final number…
by DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES July 1, 2022Hulu has impressed me with its original films in the last couple of years. In April, I enjoyed "Crush." Today, I'm happy to report "The Princess" is another so…
by Courtney Lanning July 1, 2022"Second Take" is an occasional feature that offers another look at current movies.
by KEITH GARLINGTON Special to the Democrat-Gazette July 1, 2022"Doula" (R, 1 hour, 45 minutes, On Demand) A offbeat pregnancy comedy (produced by Chris Pine) in which Deb (Troian Bellisario) and Silvio (Arron Shiver), who …
by Karen Martin July 1, 2022"Art and Story," including works by Randall Good and Gary Simmons that draw on mythology; collages by Jeri Hillis that combine painting and drawing with old st…
by Eric E. Harrison June 30, 2022Baz Luhrmann's new Elvis movie is out. My sources in the industry suspect, more for reasons of logistics than quality, that it might have the biggest opening w…
by Philip Martin June 26, 2022Early on in Baz Luhrmann's bio-pic-fantasia "Elvis," we learn that the young King, growing up dirt poor outside of Memphis, was a huge fan of the Captain Marve…
by Piers Marchant June 24, 2022The year is 1978, in a small Denver suburb, where a mysterious figure known to the terrified community as "The Grabber" has made off with five teenage boys ove…
by Piers Marchant June 24, 2022