The first thing to know about Wonka, the latest film to revisit the Roald Dahl-created candyman and his antics, is that this version is the brainchild of co-writer and director Paul King, who also gifted us the wholesome perfection that is Paddington. The second thing to know is that as a young ...
Holiday Gift Guide 2023
My family and I have reached that point where gift giving becomes more of a chore than a joy. All the kids are growing up (or grown), many of us have our own traditions at home before gathering for the holiday, and frankly, we are blessed enough in our day-to-day lives to have everything we need or ...
November: What I Watched
Last month, I looked at my Letterboxd and realized that I had three months to make up a lot of movie watching for the year. I've been making a concerted effort to catch up on everything I missed earlier in the year, and in November, I managed to watch two dozen films, many of which will likely be on ...
Review: MAESTRO
Bradley Cooper sure has come a long way since The Hangover, and we're all the luckier for it. The one-time comic leading man has bold ambitions, and if his first two directorial efforts—2018's A Star is Born and now Maestro, about the life, work and relationships of composer and conductor Leonard ...
Playlist: Holidays 2023
In what's become my most treasured holiday tradition (and I have quite a few!), I'm back again with my annual Holidays playlist, a selection of songs that I've been enjoying this season and I hope you will, too. Each year, I go into building this playlist without quite knowing how (or if) it ...
