Showing posts with label luc besson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label luc besson. Show all posts
Sunday, September 06, 2026

Venice 2026: 'Father Joe' Review

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I'll say this about  Father Joe : It sure ain't boring. In this 1990s action-thriller, Kiefer Sutherland plays a humble priest who w...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

'Dogman' Review

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When Luc Besson's latest premiered at Venice, the reviews were pretty ruff. For the Los Angeles Times , I wrote about Dogman .
Sunday, May 03, 2020

Five Replacements for 'Black Widow'

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I can't comprehend that, if not for this pandemic, Black Widow would be out right now. There hasn't been a Marvel movie in forev...
Monday, July 24, 2017

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Reviewing 'Dunkirk,' 'Girls Trip' and '24 Hour Party People'

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Because of competing screenings, I wasn't able to get to Dunkirk until Thursday night, when my wife and I saw it at the Arclight in ...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Talking 'Dunkirk,' Luc Besson and 'Landline'

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Had a blast, as always, on Press Play . I was on with Kyle Buchanan to review Dunkirk , Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and ...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' Review

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I dunno, folks: There aren't that many planets in this movie. Valerian is an ambitious, swing-for-the-fences sci-fi epic. It's ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

'Lucy' Review

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Lucy is such dopey fun. It has its head in the clouds, pondering the big questions of life, while also being a really taut action-thrill...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Back Stage: Reviews of the Good ('The Cabin in the Woods') and the Bad ('Detention')

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This week's Screen Grab column at Back Stage surveys eight movies coming out this weekend, and I'm sad to say most of them aren...