“Long ago, the world was filled with wonder,” a voice-over explains at the start of the new Disney-Pixar computer animated feature “Onward.” Wizards and cyclops and gnomes and unicorns roamed…Continue Reading →
“I am not a pentito [Italian slang for ‘informer’],” Tommaso Buscetta, a Sicilian mobster who turned star government witness in a blockbuster 1986 “Maxi Trial” that saw 360 convictions won…Continue Reading →
The First World War film “1917”—which took home Golden Globe Awards for best dramatic picture and best director on Jan. 5—jumps off when a British general summons a couple of…Continue Reading →
In “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”—the ninth film in the Skywalker family saga launched by George Lucas in 1977—Palpatine (played again by Ian McDiarmid), the crypt creeper emperor, is…Continue Reading →
The most famous creation of Kay Nielsen (1886-1957), one of the outstanding illustrators at the dawn of the 20th century, is the demon that steals the show at the end…Continue Reading →
In “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” billed as the “first-ever live-action Pokémon adventure,” detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim (Justice Smith) to investigate. He’s helped by his…Continue Reading →
British director Mike Leigh’s superbly crafted new film “Peterloo,” opening in Boston April 12, recounts the lead up to Britain’s Peterloo Massacre of August 1819, a murderous police riot at…Continue Reading →
“Once I saw my drawings move, it was a big magical connection,” Cambridge animator Karen Aqua told The Boston Globe in 1994. “It is a really addicting experience, to see…Continue Reading →
Peter Jackson’s documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old,” which is getting a limited theatrical run in Boston beginning Feb. 1, is a time machine back to the First World War.…Continue Reading →
“How the fuck did this happen?” Michael Moore asks aloud in his pointed new documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9,” the filmmaker’s rumination on America during the presidency of Donald Trump. (The title…Continue Reading →