Two weeks ago, I rhapsodized over “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” the new release about a widowed British cleaning woman; then, in our last issue, I reviewed the online documentary, “What Is a Woman?” Noticing a trend, I decided this week to continue focusing on females — with a half-dozen films from my book on
Matt Walsh has a simple question — but he sure has trouble getting a straight answer. Walsh is the blogger whose hard-line conservatism has, over the years, garnered much hate and even some death threats. Having recently joined Ben Shapiro’s “Daily Wire” — which according to Wikipedia, is the second-most-popular publisher on Facebook — Walsh
Paul Gallico’s 1958 novel “Mrs. ’Arris Goes to Paris” concerns an aging British charwoman who is suddenly possessed by the dream of owning a Dior gown — one that would cost her practically an entire year’s salary. Opening at the height of this summer’s boffo box-office season, the new film adaptation — “Mrs. Harris Goes
At the height of the travel season — and in honor of the state-traversing U.S. Route 6, Pennsylvania’s coolest two-lane — Webb presents a half-dozen road movies. We’ll stick to “under-the-radar” films in this category — trusting that most readers already know about such classics as “Rain Man,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” the Oscar-magnet “It
I try not to read film reviews before writing my own. But with Disney’s “Lightyear,” I happened to see a Harrisburg Patriot-News headline that said the movie “Goes to Adequacy — but Not Beyond.” This is the kind of line that makes a critic moan, “I wish I’d written that!” —more so because, in this
Cinema lost a good friend last month. Brett S. Harrison, who lived in Philadelphia during recent years but grew up in Williamsport, passed away at age 62 in May. Older readers may recall the local Harrison Brothers Meat Packing business, co-owned by Brett’s beloved father, Donald — or perhaps Brett’s years of film criticism for
