Sam Raimi's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" wastes no time in living up to its title.  Seconds after the Marvel Logo fades we're hurtling through an alternate reality as a ponytailed, bi-lingual Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), and a young woman we later learn to be America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) is pursued by a...

The German filmmaker Werner Herzog has always been interested in exploring non-Western based cultures, within his larger interest in the tumultuous relationship between nature and man. With his film “Family Romance, LLC” (2019), which is set in Japan with Japanese actors speaking in their own native language, Herzog has once again created a fascinating...

Robert Eggers has a unique gift for storytelling, an uncommon trait in common land. Eggers is uncommon in that there are few modern directors working today who can keep an audience captivated with a sublime heady story while paying attention to the innate details behind crucial details of a movie: performances, set decorations, cinematography,...

It can't be easy to be Nicolas Coppola.  The pressure from his surname alone led him to the Cage moniker. His career is as wide as it has been long.  Iconic Action flicks, Oscar-Winning dramas, throwaway popcorn flicks, and direct-to-video-dollar-bin movies.  It's hard for most of us to even imagine "The Unbearable Weight of...

"Father Stu" is a biopic based on the tumultuous life of Stuart Long, a man who went from a semi-successful heavyweight boxer, to a mostly-failed actor, to a beloved yet blunt Catholic Priest. Mark Wahlberg originally announced this project back in 2016, but it has had a long journey from concept to screen, and...