Just released on Netflix is a new remake of one of the greatest films ever made. I’m not generally a fan of remakes, but this film adds unique touches that…

Filmmaker Emily Hagins. Joanna has also played an indispensable role in this year’s festival, serving as its Creative Director, while Carolann Cohen Grzybowski devoted her own time and talents as…

The Critics’ Choice Awards will hit the air on Sunday, March 13 on TBS and the CW. I’ll have lots more on this over the next two weeks as well.…

Now playing at a bunch of multi-plexes in my neck of the woods: A MAN CALLED OTTO (Dir. Marc Forster, 2022) Ah, Tom Hanks. America’s Dad. The modern day Jimmy…

Scott Ly makes his feature acting debut as an adorable tour guide in the sweet wanderlust rom-com that surprisingly forges its own path. Rachael Leigh Cook has done all that:…

‘The Flash’ Loses Director Seth Grahame-Smith Over “Creative Differences” The narrative for Warner Bros. and their DC Universe hasn’t been a good one. Lagging far behind Marvel and their massively…

Blindspotting began as a 2018 film, but its cult following and critical acclaim led to a STARZ series that is now celebrating its second season. While the original film followed…

After a very long hiatus, I felt that this was a review that I needed to write since I have such contradictory feelings about the movie. First of all, I…

The writer director, Edson Oda, and the Producer, Jason Michael Berman, President of Mandalay Pictures will appear on stage to participate in a Q&A with Film Critics Brian Tallerico and…

Today’s revisit… tick, tick…Boom! This afternoon I needed something, not sure what that was, but when I sat back down to experience the Lin-Manuel Miranda effort starring Andrew Garfield I…

Welcome to a new Film Babble Blog series, Great Moments in Fourth Wall Breakage, which will pinpoint those meta moments in movies when a character makes an aside to the…

BAFTA winner Damián Szifron co-writes and directs this stale serial killer thriller that leaves a poor taste. If a tired retelling of a serial killer thriller premieres in theaters and…

John Krasinski Is ‘Jack Ryan’ In New Amazon Series Last fall it was announced that Jack Ryan, the Tom Clancy created hero that has seen a steady decline from the…

Netflix’s Dated and Related is about siblings becoming wingmen and wingwomen for each other, and some are more successful than others. With a beautiful villa in France as their backdrop,…

While discussing the many film versions of Dickens’s marvellous A Christmas Carol, my film course students hinted at the possibility that not only is The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) the…

It launched Friedkin’s career. And though Butler would return to shoot television often during his career, when Friedkin went to Hollywood, Bill went with him. While Friedkin was off helming…

A Month of Frights I have not had as much opportunity to chat with everyone for some time. Life can be more important than movies once in awhile… ok ALL…

Hey folks, I haven’t been Film Babbling lately because I’ve been working on a new book, and dealing with other life shit. But rest assured that I’ll be covering the…