Tag Archives: Penelope Cruz

Antonio Banderas stars in Almodóvar’s gorgeous, enjoyable masterpiece

Joyce Glasser reviews Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (August 23, 2019), Cert. 115, 113 min. If the unseasonable August weather has failed us, 69-year-old writer/director Pedro Almodóvar has not. Nor ...

Mark 1273 views 0 likes Aug 22, 2019

A stellar cast and a great writer/director come unstuck in this uninvolving drama

Joyce Glasser reviews Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) (March 8, 2019), Cert. 15, 132 min. It’s important to begin with Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi. He has made four films, and two of them, ...

Mark 1287 views 0 likes Mar 14, 2019

What’s in a name? Just about everything in this dull star fest

Joyce Glasser reviews Murder on the Orient Express (November 3, 2017) 12A, 114 min. You might say there is a case for remaking Agatha Christie’s much loved 1934 whodunit, Murder on the Orient Express. ...

Mark 3795 views 0 likes Nov 7, 2017