Hollywood

The term “elegant” isn’t one often used to describe summer movies, but it’s the word that comes to mind the quickest when I think of Brian De Palma’s “Mission: Impossible.” The first in a long franchise (with the seventh and eighth installments scheduled to open this year and the next), …

“All our kids are dying out here on these streets.” These are the words of Nathan Wallace, a father in Chicago grieving the death of his 7-year-old daughter, Natalia, in July. His words hit hard for many facing similar tragedies: “We should be able to do something as a people, …

No Man’s Land is a well-meaning, but inherently flawed western drama. A Texas border rancher’s son flees into Mexico after accidentally killing an immigrant boy. The film attempts to humanize the thorny issue of illegal immigration from multiple points of view. Its goals are admirable, but the narrative succumbs to …

Near the end of the “Wrong Turn” reboot the main characters drop a boulder-sized Easter Egg. The aside, which won’t be revealed here, shrugs at how the film jettisoned the key element from the previous “Wrong Turn” features. Big mistake. Not only does the new “Wrong Turn” disavow the franchise’s …

Most Hollywood fare tackling immigration follow the same playbook. Open borders good. Law and order bad. We’ve seen it in TV shows, documentaries and feature films of late, and it’s likely to continue deep into President Joe Biden’s administration. “No Man’s Land” provides a different perspective. The drama shows the …

Fred Dekker’s “Night of the Creeps” is both a full-fledged sci-fi/horror B-movie and a send-up of those types of movies. It’s quite juvenile at times and, because it’s unashamed of being lowbrow, doesn’t always work. “Creeps” is still among the best genre offerings of the 1980s. Dekker later achieved greater …

The digital purge has formally began, and if you don’t align with homogenous Leftist orthodoxy — well, good luck. People across the country are being de-platformed by Twitter. Not shockingly, it’s conservatives who bear the brunt of the cyber purge. Worse, one doesn’t have to have advocated or supported the …

Far-left actor Alec Baldwin is taking another Twitter time out. The “30 Rock” alum just temporarily left the social media platform on his own terms. “Twitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party,” he tweeted on Monday. “Goodbye for now.” He’ll be back, of …

There’s no denying Donald Trump dominated Hollywood’s attention span for four straight years. Not only did Tinseltown liberals work on a daily basis to slam him and his supporters, his existence influenced some of the shows and movies produced during his administration. While most of those projects were hyper-partisan attacks, …

Aaron Sorkin’s cinematic blast from the past just scored another win for Netflix. The streaming giant’s original film “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” written and directed by the “West Wing” creator, earned Best Picture honors from the Denver Film Critics Society. The film also scooped up best Original Screenplay …