The slow-motion shots in “Every Little Thing” of hummingbirds captured in flight, beaked deep in a flowering bud, or hovering at 50 beats per second, evoke awe. Director Sally Aitken’s nature documentary comes as a balm in a painful season of uplift. Since 2008, hummingbird sage Terry Masser has run a hotline, answering calls from … Read more
In more than half a century of their existence on the market, video games have achieved true cultural ubiquity, arguably more so than the feature film industry today. How wrong, then, that movies largely continue to present games in a shallow, non-literal way, portraying them as mindless whistles of joy, rather than pointing out how … Read more
In a rare case of introspection, Dylan (Ben Hunter), a brash brother in his 20s, beams at the possibility that there might be someone else out there who might actually offer him the kind of friendship he longs for. A sheepish smile spreads across his face, but the spell is immediately broken, leaving him feeling … Read more
The action is hot but the dramatic temperature is different in “The Prosecutor,” a flashy mix of Hong Kong crime story and legal drama starring and directed by Donnie Yen (“Ip Man,” “John Wick: Chapter 4”) series. The veteran action star makes a convincing and engaging appearance as a cop who leaves his post to … Read more
There is an enchanting kind of beauty in Tommaso Santambrogio’s lyrical trilogy about contemporary Cuban life, “The Oceans Are the True Continents.” With black-and-white cinematography that characterizes strict formalism throughout the film, this image of the island works hard to dedefine the colorful, sun-drenched image of Cuba that dominates the cultural imagination. An intergenerational study … Read more
As a movie star, Gerard Butler owns January like Will Smith owns Memorial Day and the Meg movies own August. That Butler’s B-grade thrillers now dominate frozen oblivion at the box office in the first weeks of the year may seem like a Pyrrhic victory, but at least he’s king. Something. And Butler’s gruff, beady-eyed, … Read more
There have been relatively few biographical films about choreographers, but it’s hard to think of a better one than John Cranko, about the late South African who made his name in England and Germany. Stay well away from “Eureka!” Other moments and clichés within this genre of the artist’s portrait, find the advantage of Joachim … Read more
When counting the casualties of war, there is rarely an idea of the animal kingdom beyond our own bipedal species. It is assumed that Mother Nature will simply “adapt”, with its less evolved inhabitants abandoning old habitats and finding new ones on their own when they have to. Checkpoint Zoo is training its lens on … Read more
Former “Today” show anchor Richard Cohen, husband of former anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve, the show’s current co-anchors announced Tuesday. He was 76 years old. Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who built a career as a producer at both CBS News and CNN, lived for more than 50 years before his death. Multiple … Read more
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have Their divorce was finalized They ask the judge to finalize their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court showing the former spouses settled their divorce through mediation in September, about a month after she filed for divorce. While most of the financial details of their split … Read more