Film Review for Northern Express Published February 4, 2023 With so many upcoming weeks of Oscars® brouhaha ahead of us (and while noting that 41% of surveyed Americans say they now go to the movie theater “rarely”), for the very many Northern Express readers who would love to discover something…

10) Yes, police will be politely called when and only if karaoke doesn’t stop by 2:15 AM EST. 9) I have it on good authority that comedians are excellent hotel guests. 8) Maria Bamford and Jackie Kashian both made the mistake of ordering “Caesar Salads” while in Traverse. 7) There’s…

Film Review for Northern Express Published January 21, 2023 Why any critic who suffers from both robophobia (hatred of the robotic) and pediophobia (fear of dolls) would be excited about the terror that makes up the film M3GAN is hard to say, but audiences and I are both seem solidly…

Film Review for Northern Express Published January 7, 2023 Opening on over 12,000 screens in today’s full cinematic array of DCP, IMAX and IMAX 3D choices and flavors, the 13 year wait for James Cameron’s sequel Avatar: The Way of Water is over. …

Film Review for Northern Express Published December 24, 2022 What should be obvious from the title alone is that famed director Steven Spielberg’s highly personal moving-image memoir The Fabelmans is not a biography per se, but a fantasy of a biography. …

Film Review Published December 30, 2022 It was almost impossible for me to tell whether the frenetic and indulgent opus Babylon was a celebration, indictment, or parable of the Golden Years of Hollywood — but if the significant investment of time (three years in the making), money ($110 million+) and…

Film Review for Northern Express Published December 3, 2022 Revenge may not be a dish best served cold after all if the piping hot temperature of director Mark Mylod’s delightful debut satire The Menu has anything to say about it. The organic and certified fresh thriller offers a full palette…

Film Review for Northern Express Published November 21, 2022 You don’t need to be familiar with every hit in the canon of bizarro songs that combine pop with counter culture in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in order to enjoy it, but if you are, this might become one of…

Film Review for Northern Express Published November 5, 2022 American writer and director Todd Field takes a Eurocentric approach to his cinematic stories, allowing a patient pace, hypnotic quiet, and highly nuanced actors themselves to drive his narratives (In the Bedroom and Little Children). Field’s first project in 16 years…