Robert Rodriguez brings a sense of whimsy to his family adventure of battling siblings (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) who discover their parents are retired international spies.
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Poignant drama ‘Any Day Now’ on Amazon Prime Video
Any Day Now (2012) is the kind of American drama that Hollywood used to specialize in: character based, issue-focused, emotionally-grounded, and an actor’s showcase. It’s 1979 and two gay men–Alan Cumming as a flamboyant female impersonator and Garret Dillahunt as a newly-out and still uncomfortable gay man working for a conservative legal firm–take on the […]
Blu-ray: ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ on Twilight Time
Nicholas Nickleby (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) (2002) – You can’t fault Douglas McGrath for his ambition. Determined to bring Charles Dickens’ 900 page semi-autobiographical novel to the screen, he condenses, chops, and briskly skips through what’s left of a dense pattern of improbably colorful characters, and still winds up with a Dickens of a tale. The […]
‘Tin Man’ – Steampunk Oz on Netflix and Hulu
The mini-series Tin Man (2007), a radical reworking of The Wizard of Oz that is equal parts revisionist remake and dark sequel, became the most watched original program in the history of the SciFi Channel (before its rebranding as SyFy) when it premiered almost a decade ago. Our Kansas farm girl is a spunky waitress […]
‘The Good Wife: The Complete Series’ on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu
Created by Michelle and Robert King, the first season of The Good Wife offers a classic legal drama reframed by a ripped-from-the-headlines twist. Julianna Margulies’ Alicia Florrick is the publically loyal but privately ambivalent wife of a disgraced Chicago politician (Chris Noth), who resigns in the face of a sex scandal. “Six months later,” Alicia […]