“The Wrestler” is one of those movies where everything seems to come together just perfectly, like it was written in the stars. Mickey Rourke was
Tag: drama
Parting Glances (1986)
Given its radically casual depiction of homosexuality in the United States during the regressive, oppressive and plague-ridden 1980s, it’s’ downright astounding that “Parting Glances” was
Creed 2 (2018)
The predictable but undeniably effective formula that’s served the “Rocky” franchise well works again here, thanks to well-developed characters and surprisingly engaging dynamics among them.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Marielle Heller’s account of the real-life friendship between iconic children’s entertainer Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel works from time to time, but its disjointed
Creed (2015)
It’s astounding that Sylvester Stallone’s character Rocky Balboa has managed to be the source of at least one new movie for the last four decades,
The Report (2019)
This dramatization of the Senate’s investigation into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program (later revealed to be state-sanctioned torture by the American government) is one
