White Men Can’t Jump (2023)
Lame ‘White Men’ remake clangs off the rim A playground staple, the game of H-O-R-S-E is all about copying shot after shot. You miss, you lose. So it is with the utterly unnecessary remake of “White Men Can’t Jump.” It misses an attempt to replicate the spark and originality of Ron Shelton’s 1992 smash in […]
Persian Lessons (2023)
‘Persian Lessons’ speaks a universal language Plagued by contrivance and implausibility, “Persian Lessons” nonetheless capitalizes on a pair of highly credible performances to emerge a hard-to-forget Holocaust tale in which memory is both a prisoner’s bane and his best means of survival. His name is Gilles, a rabbi’s son from Antwerp first seen en route […]
Oscar-Nominated Shorts (2023)
Several Oscar shorts come up big In advance of the March 12 Academy Awards ceremony, you’ll want to check out this year’s 15 nominees in the three “Shorts” categories: Animation, Live Action and Documentary. They deal with subjects ranging from climate change to misogyny to the glories of friendship, seeking to find light amid the […]
Shotgun Wedding (2023)
Insipid ‘Wedding’ strands J.Lo at the altar It’s been a January to remember for Jennifer Coolidge, scoring wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards for her work on HBO’s “White Lotus.” But, as they say, all good things must come to an end. And for the Norwell native, it crashes and burns amid […]