It is said that actors should never work with children or animals or they’ll be upstaged. This is most definitely true of star/co-director Channing Tatum in “Dog.” But the good news is that the dog is so great that there’s plenty of room for Tatum to shine under his canine co-star. There’s no shame in […]

Solving puzzles is fun. Watching other people solve puzzles is less fun. Watching entire movies built around fictional characters solving puzzles (where the filmmakers have already decided whether or not the characters will ultimately solve the puzzles) is even less fun. It’s why I could never get into those “Escape Room” movies. Frankly, I’m questioning […]

FRYEBURG — The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center is pleased to present an encore screening of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Rigoletto on Saturday, February 12 at 1 p.m. The simulcast, originally scheduled for January 29, was canceled due to inclement weather. Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s riveting new staging Verdi’s Rigoletto astounded cinema audiences worldwide when […]

There were no new wide movie releases this past weekend, and I can’t say I blame the studios, given that a snowstorm kept much of the East Coast indoors. Outside of the COVID era, I think this is the farthest down the weekly box office chart I’ve ever had to go to find a movie […]

“Redeeming Love” is a cross between a Christian movie, a mushy romance, and a demented exploitation film. This might sound like an intriguing combination, but the genres do not go well together, nor do they result in an entertaining trainwreck. On top of my many, many complaints about this movie, it cannot be forgotten that […]

I love the original Wes Craven “Scream” from 1996. Not only do I count it among my favorite horror movies of all time, it’s also one of my favorite comedies. The Ghostface mask worn by the film’s killers has given me plenty of sleepless nights, and I consider some of its jump scares to be […]