The Yellow Handkerchief
Running time 96 minutes
Written by Erin Dignam
Directed by Udayan Prasad
Starring William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne
Three Eyeballs
Wonderful, honest and low-key performances inform and enhance The Yellow Handkerchief, an otherwise unexceptional little drama that transposes a 1971 story by Pete Hamill to Read More
Eric Comstock and
Barbara Fasano
Algonquin’s Oak Room
Valentine’s Day is over, but a few musical billets-doux linger pleasantly at the Carlyle, where Christine Ebersole is still dispensing kisses and hugs, and at the Algonquin’s Oak Room, where the hip husband-wife team of Eric Read More
Happy Tears
Running time 95 minutes
Written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein
Starring Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin
One star out of Four
The inmates are running a different kind of asylum in Happy Tears, a vulgar, happy-as-cancer aberration that takes the dysfunctional family idea to a new Read More
Shutter Island
Running time 138 minutes
Written by Laeta Kalogridis
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson
2.5 Stars out of 4
Making important, sometimes even unforgettable movies is something for which Martin Scorsese seems hard-wired. Shutter Island Read More
Valentine’s Day
Running time 125 minutes
Written by Katherine Fugate
Directed by Garry Marshall
Starring Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates,
Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer
Garner, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Eric Dane, Shirley MacLaine,
Topher Grace, Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner,
Queen Latifah, Hector Elizondo
Rating: One Eyeball Read More
Christine Ebersole at Café Carlyle
Spinning gold with her hair and her voice, Christine Ebersole is warming up the entire month of February at the Café Carlyle with a collection of fresh and surprising love songs that you can truly label an unalloyed delight. We all know the two-time Tony winner can act. But Read More
Frozen
Running time 94 minutes
Written and directed by Adam Green
Starring Emma Bell, Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore
Rating: Three Eyeballs out of Four
Prepare to be electrified. Frozen is a brilliantly conceived, gut-wrenching horror film about three vital, healthy, appealing and attractive skiers whose perfect snow day turns into a nightmare Read More
From Paris With Love
Running time 92 minutes
Written by Adi Hasak
Directed by Pierre Morel
Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Myers
Rating: Zero Eyeballs Out of Four
We all know how rotten today’s movies can be, but even at the bottom of the slag pit, you won’t find a load of Read More
Tyne Daly
Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
With her thick mane of white hair and red patent leather high heels, and thickening a bit around the middle, Tyne Daly is as warm and welcoming as an open hearth. From the star-spangled banner of an opener, with new lyrics to enhance what Irving Berlin wrote for Ethel Read More
44 Inch Chest
Running time 95 minutes
Written by Louis Mellis and
David Scinto
Directed by Malcolm Venville
Starring Ray Winstone, Joanne Whalley, Tom Wilkinson, John Hurt, Stephen Dillane, Ian McShane
If you value your I.Q., avoid a horror called 44 Inch Chest like V.D. This time capsule for misogyny is Read More
