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"King Richard" Biopic Shows the Power in Having a Vision Dec. 03, 2021
There is only one scene in the "King Richard" biopic where the father of Venus and Serena Williams i... Read More
'Belfast': Hard Times Nov. 12, 2021
The time is August of 1969; the place, a mostly Protestant neighborhood in Belfast, the capital of N... Read More
Alec Baldwin Should Advocate Gun Education Nov. 04, 2021
If Alec Baldwin was correct, we would have a safer world. We could worry less about guns. After Bald... Read More
'Last Night in Soho': Vintage Creeps Oct. 29, 2021
Has anything like this ever happened to you? You move to a new town — let's say it's London &#... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Oct. 23, 2021
I have been down on my back for eight weeks, with more to come. I never thought I would say this, bu... Read More
'No Time to Die': Daniel Craig's Final Bond Outing Is a Little Bit Droopy Oct. 01, 2021
One of the few people definitely having fun in "No Time to Die," the new Bond film, is Ana de Armas,... Read More
'The Eyes of Tammy Faye': Sweet Redeemer Sep. 17, 2021
Gene Scott was my kind of televangelist. Whenever I was in LA in the 1980s, I'd flick on his late-ni... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Sep. 04, 2021
Ed Asner died this week at 91. On TV, he was the gruff Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Aft... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jul. 24, 2021
"Days of Our Lives" — and, really, all NBC programming — will be on hiatus for two weeks... Read More
Movie Reviews: 'Old' and 'Pig': Nicolas Cage Back at His Best, M. Night Shyamalan Not Jul. 23, 2021
There was a time when I thought "Lady in the Water" was M. Night Shyamalan's worst movie. (It's hard... Read More
Use Permanent Window Film to Block Heat Jul. 22, 2021
Dear James: The old-tinted film on my windows blocks heat, but the corners are becoming loose and cr... Read More
'False Positive' Jun. 25, 2021
"False Positive" begins with a scene of lurid promise — a shot of a blood-soaked woman wanderi... Read More
'Harriet': An Account of a Life Exemplified by Faith, Hope and Love Nov. 07, 2019
Go down, Moses Way down in Egypt land Tell old Pharaoh to Let my people go! This was one of the firs... Read More
The Fall of Skywalker Oct. 25, 2019
Who knows? Maybe "The Rise of Skywalker" will bind all the tedious storylines of the first two "Star... Read More
If I Had a Conversation With Brad Pitt Oct. 17, 2019
I'm sure diehard Brad Pitt fans will be flocking to theaters to see his new film, "Ad Astra," a spac... Read More
Remember Favorite Movies by Visiting Where They Were Filmed Sep. 15, 2019
By Victor Block Bob Burrus is channeling John Travolta. He enters Lenny's Pizza in Brooklyn and orde... Read More
Overcoming an Identity Crisis Sep. 05, 2019
I have admired the practical yet powerful storytelling of Alex and Stephen Kendrick's Christianity-b... Read More
'As a Man Thinketh in His Heart, So Is He' Aug. 22, 2019
The recently released "Brian Banks" movie tells the inspirational and gut-wrenching story of Banks' ... Read More
Short Takes on Overly Aggressive Eating and Vacuuming Apr. 15, 2019
Hold Your Fire Law enforcers deserve credit for exercising restraint under extreme duress as they re... Read More
'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Mapplethorp': Slow-Boil Irish Horror and a Biopic for the Master of Rough-Trade Sex Photography Mar. 01, 2019
The world would be a less stressful place, or at least a less silly one, if clueless people would st... Read More
