Sing Street is a little movie with a big ol’ romantic heart whose charms are difficult to resist. It’s easily the best date-night movie currently in theaters.
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MOVIE BUFF-ET: Passionless ‘Money Monster’ meanders to a predictable end
Money Monster is a workman-like effort by director Jodie Foster and her stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts in a thriller that strives for more resonance than its nuts-and-bolts construction can provide.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Captain America: Civil War divides Avengers but is sure to please super-hero fans
Captain America: Civil War, Mother’s Day, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and more are new in theaters this weekend.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Elvis & Nixon a fun little movie with big-time performances
The film is absurd in the best possible way, offering a fictional account of the clandestine 1970 meeting between the eccentric King of Rock and Roll and the paranoid leader of the free world.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Blockbusters, TV dramas trap Criminal between a rock and a hard place
There are strong performances throughout the film, and enough action to please, but it can’t match the spectacle of tent-pole films or the depth of character development of the best TV dramas.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: The Jungle Book is a classic tale told exceedingly well in Disney remake
Walt Disney Pictures In recent years, Walt Disney Pictures has scored big at the box office with live-action versions of its animated classics, and it’s about to do it again with The Jungle Book. Like others I questioned why even try to remake a certified classic like Disney’s 1967 animated adaption of Rudyard Kipling’s short
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Doldrums sweeping through theaters this spring
A lull has hit local theaters the past couple of weeks, but there are good things coming for those of us who must wait.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: London Has Fallen predictable but action-packed
I expected very little when I plopped down to watch London Has Fallen, but the action film starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart was better than I expected.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Batman v Superman provides action and twists, but why so serious?
The difficulty in crafting a piece of entertainment featuring characters as well known and popular as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman is that it’s hard to measure up to each individual’s ideal view of the characters.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Faith-based films usher in Easter season
Easter is on its way, but it’s already arrived at local movie theaters with a number of faith-based movies.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: 10 Cloverfield Lane is a taut, suspenseful crowd pleaser
John Goodman is stunningly affective, playing against his good-natured type in this taut, suspenseful sci-fi/horror flick that should turn out to be a crowd pleaser.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Fey stretches type, succeeds with Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Along with showing rigors of reporting on war, the movie addresses the sexism engrained both in the Middle Eastern culture and in journalism.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Predictions: The Revenant likely to run away with the Oscars
Our not-so-enlightened guesses of what might go down in the major categories Sunday night when the Academy Awards air on ABC.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Deadpool dominates, How To Be Single exceeds expectations
Despite my reservations and the movie’s 45-percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I acquiesced and saw How to Be Single. And I liked it.
MOVIE BUFF-ET: Deadpool ushers the year of the super hero into theaters
In case you didn’t know, it’s the year of the super hero as far as movies are concerned.