Your Webb Weekly correspondent spent a week with omicron in April — during which he took a free trial of Apple TV to help with long days alone. Here are three choice picks from that service’s current slate: Winner of the 2022 Oscar for Best Picture, “Coda” is the wonderfully acted tale of a New
Bruce Willis’ retirement last month concludes one of Hollywood’s most successful and beloved film careers. With over 100 titles grossing $5 billion, Willis’ filmography includes such hits as “Die Hard,” “Armageddon,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Red” and “Pulp Fiction” — not to mention Emmy-winning stints on TV’s “Moonlighting” and “Friends.” Given this popularity, Webb Weekly sidesteps
Let’s face it: Most texts & posts that include “LOL” don’t actually make you laugh out loud. But if anyone labels “The Lost City” with that abbreviation, they aren’t JK. Folks in the theater were chortling and guffawing throughout this film — my wife and me just as loudly as the rest. This entertaining new
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Webb Weekly herewith presents — in chronological order — a toast to films featuring the Emerald Isle: “The Quiet Man” (1952): Legendary director John Ford made 14 movies starring John Wayne; most were Westerns — but not this Technicolor feast about an Irish-American who returns to his
When discussing Kenneth Branagh, it’s hard to know where to begin — or end. The famed British actor, writer and director is currently enjoying box-office success with the long-delayed whodunit “Death on the Nile,” while his most recent film, “Belfast,” stands nominated for seven Academy Awards. Starting with screen versions of Shakespeare in the 1990s,
This is the first time I ever ran through a rock album with the lyric sheet in one hand and a Bible in the other. On “The Zealot Gene,” brand-new record from British prog-rockers Jethro Tull, front-man Ian Anderson continues his career-long examination of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Fortunately, this legendary band also continues the unique
