Mark Rylance

"The Phantom of the Open" is an engaging and heart-warming piece of entertainment that shines its beacon of hope over its entire running time.

"Don’t Look Up" is easily one of Adam McKay’s most topical, and important, films to date. It is also one of his most entertaining and, quite possibly, best as well.

Over half a century has passed since the events portrayed in the outstanding courtroom drama from Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, took place and, given the current politically charged times, our relationship with authority and authoritarian rule hasn’t gotten any less prickly. When first envisioned, the protest accompanying the Democratic National Convention in 1968, was intended to be a peac...[Read More]

The literary works of Roald Dahl hold a special place in my heart. I’ve read them all multiple times throughout the years – some of them becoming favorites and an easy way to escape back to my childhood as an adult. Most people levitate towards books like James & the Giant Peach and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, but not me. Ever since Mr. Cook’s 4th Grade Class, my Dahl of c...[Read More]

The Tom Hanks-starring period piece Bridge of Spies is Steven Spielberg’s best and most entertaining film since…well, his last Tom Hanks-starring period piece. In the decade-plus since the delightful Catch Me If You Can, Spielberg’s made good starchy period pieces (Lincoln), dull starchy period pieces (War Horse) and a few old-school adventure pictures that still can’t shake a certain sedateness (...[Read More]