Feeling Like a Wonder Woman With Connie Nielsen in My Veronica Beard Dickie Jacket
Knock me over with a swizzle stick! The first time I wear my new Veronica Beard Scuba Jacket with its Mariner Stripe Dickey, Connie Nielsen, one of the glamorous stars of Wonder Woman, notices it and says, “Love your jacket — Veronica Beard?” If that doesn’t prove that the right sartorial splurge is SO worth…
Lady Gaga Five Foot Two: A Look at the New Lady Gaga Documentary
Lady Gaga Five Foot Two: James Mandell’s take on the new Netflix Lady Gaga documentary Born this Way, Bad Romance… I know these tunes by cultural osmosis more than having listened to them in rotation. As a Baby Boomer, I’ve moved from pop to denser electronic and experimental genres, but I listen to all manner…
IT Review — Terrifying Yet Tender
IT Review — Welcome back to the cineplex It’s a rare movie that can satisfy both those who have read the book and those who haven’t, but there’s a little something to scare everyone in IT, one of the best cinematic adaptations of a Stephen King novel to come along in years. I’m among Those…
THE ORVILLE Review: You Can't Have it Both Ways…Or Can You?
THE ORVILLE Review by James Mandell, arbiter of all things sci-fi Cool CGI, big derivative music scoring, shiny interiors and costumes that look like everyone is about to get in formation and march down the football field playing an arrangement of the latest Taylor Swift tune. What could go wrong? The Orville (Fox, Sundays) made…
HOME AGAIN Review — Reese Witherspoon and Candice Bergen – What's Not to Like?
HOME AGAIN Review — You can go… On a very personal note, when you put Reese Witherspoon and Candice Bergen together (as they were in Sweet Home Alabama), set them in absolutely gorgeous L.A. homes, throw in handsome and charming male eye candy, and wrap them in a plot about Hollywood, you’ve served up all…
Why You Must See Close Encounters of the Third Kind This Week
Editor’s Note: Just when I was thinking there wasn’t much new for you at the cineplex over Labor Day Weekend, my husband comes running into my office waving a newspaper add for the 40th Anniversary Director’s Cut edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, playing for one week only. “Must. See. This!” he cried. Here’s…
Best Comedies of All Time — Do You Agree with the BBC?
What would you add or delete from this list of Best Comedies of All Time? The BBC recently came out with this list of Best Comedies of All Time. To come up with the list, “asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What…
The HITMAN'S BODYGUARD Review — LOGAN LUCKY Review — Surprisingly Fun Fare for August
The Hitman’s Bodyguard Review — A raucous anti-buddy pic The Hitman’s Bodyguard takes a threadbare genre: the cop and robber buddy movie, and somehow weaves it into something fun and fresh, mostly thanks to the clever pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, doing a few of the many things they do best. Reynolds…
GLASS CASTLE Review – ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Review
THE GLASS CASTLE Review – A Tough Challenge THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Review — A Mushy Bite of the Big Apple The Glass Castle Review — An almost impossible adaptation If you’ve read the bestseller by Jeannette Walls (and almost every woman I know has) you’re probably wondering how they could make such…
Celebrate NATIONAL SPOIL YOUR DOG DAY Like a Baller
Hundreds of Ways to Celebrate National Spoil Your Dog Day Who even knew there was a National Spoil Your Dog Day? But, as all my pet-loving friends agree, we’ll use any excuse to shamelessly pamper our pooches, right? As if they need more lavish attention A survey done by NationalToday.com in celebration of National Spoil Your Dog…
