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Ray Liotta, shown in the 1990 movie “Goodfellas,” has died at the age of 67. Sometimes he was a guy...
Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick.” He’s a hot shot who thinks he knows better than anyone else (and...
Well, give “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” points for honesty, at least. It is...
Harry Cohn, monstrous mogul of Columbia Pictures, knew how to tell when a movie was wearing out its...
Do movies have a sell-by date? I’ve never thought so. But the other day, a popular website posted...
Will Smith in “King Richard.” Hollywood has a funny memory. An actor’s appeal is transitory. You...
Bruce Willis built a career on playing stoic, stand-up guys. He seems to be ending his career the...
Well, Will Smith finally got his hit. For years, the only thing the actor has wanted more than a...
An example of Edward Kwiatkowski’s artwork, from “My Uncle Eddie.” Good things come in small...
MICHAEL E. USLAN Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman” co-starred Jack Nicholson of Neptune City. The sequel,...
The greatest movie romances are the unhappy ones. Sure, rom-coms are fun, but watch too many of...
It was a day that really demonstrated “The Power of the Dog” — and proved that, in Hollywood awards...
Isn’t it time you saw a great movie? Isn’t it time you had a good laugh? Well, the West Orange...
The late poet and activist Amiri Baraka, shown in a vintage photo with his family, is the central...
Are movies getting stupider? Or are we? I still believe there are films out there for smart...
This year in cinema was a lot like this year, period. Certainly, movies were as deeply divided as...
“The Many Saints of Newark” Directed by Alan Taylor. With Michael Gandolfini, Jon Bernthal, Vera...
This was not a year that would make anybody’s Top 10. But that made drawing up a movie Top 10...