Giant (2025)
Middling ‘Giant’ falls short of a knockout If the boxing biopic, “Giant,” lacks punch, it’s through no fault of Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Mesry, both knockouts in their portrayals of legendary trainer Brendan Ingle and feather-weight hall of famer Naseem “Naz” Hamed, aka “The Prince.” No, the onus rests with a flat, cliched script […]
Ask E. Jean (2025)
In ‘Ask E. Jean,’ Carroll gets the best of The Donald For more than two decades, journalist E. Jean Carroll thoughtfully, and often entertainingly, doled out advice to readers through her monthly Elle column “Ask E. Jean.” But that all ended the minute she summoned the courage in 2019 to confront the lasting guilt […]
Tuner (2025)
Flawed ‘Tuner’ has fun mixing etudes with attitude You don’t notice it immediately, but there’s something a bit off with “Tuner,” Oscar-winning director Daniel Roher’s feature-film debut about an apprentice piano technician lending his acute hearing skills to a criminal enterprise. It’s like an E sharp sounding too much like an F flat, an […]