![Another year. A lot more movies. We’ll be getting so many cinematic works through the close of December that we can’t touch on all of them. And, in picking 24 to highlight for 2024, we have stuck with those that had official release dates, even though dates are always subject to change. That means few of the films that follow are streaming offerings, as those tend to get firm places on calendars closer to their releases. Similarly, we don’t know all that much about several of the films that will hit late in 2024 and be part of the Academy […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-Movies-24for24-012124-08-2.jpg?w=68 "Another year. A lot more movies. We’ll be getting so many cinematic works through the close of December that we can’t touch on all of them. And, in picking 24 to highlight for 2024, we have stuck with those that had official release dates, even though dates are always subject to change. That means few of the films that follow are streaming offerings, as those tend to get firm places on calendars closer to their releases. Similarly, we don’t know all that much about several of the films that will hit late in 2024 and be part of the Academy […]")
24 movies for 2024: New ‘Dune’ ‘Deadpool,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and more
Another year. A lot more movies. We’ll be getting so many cinematic works through the close of December that we can’t touch on all of them. And, in picking 24...
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![Anthony Hopkins appears to be having a blast portraying Dr. Sigmund Freud in “Freud’s Last Session.” In select theaters this week, the film sees the wonderful, Academy Award-winning actor as an at times gleeful and borderline-mischievous version of the famed Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis as he maneuvers around his London home, debating the existence of God, the human condition and more with an invited guest: C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode), a don at the University of Oxford and the future author of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” “Freud’s Last Session” is written and directed by Matthew Brown, who adapted it […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FilmReview-FreudsLastSession-WBOX-011924-03-1.jpg?w=140 "Anthony Hopkins appears to be having a blast portraying Dr. Sigmund Freud in “Freud’s Last Session.” In select theaters this week, the film sees the wonderful, Academy Award-winning actor as an at times gleeful and borderline-mischievous version of the famed Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis as he maneuvers around his London home, debating the existence of God, the human condition and more with an invited guest: C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode), a don at the University of Oxford and the future author of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” “Freud’s Last Session” is written and directed by Matthew Brown, who adapted it […]")
‘Freud’s Last Session’ review: Anthony Hopkins dazzles (again) in uneven film
Anthony Hopkins appears to be having a blast portraying Dr. Sigmund Freud in “Freud’s Last Session.” In select theaters this week, the film sees the wonderful, Academy Award-winning actor as...
‘The Kitchen’ review: Intriguing, unbalanced debut from Kaluuya as a filmmaker
Science-fiction drama exploring inequality is inventive but spends too much time on its key component.
![For his debut as a filmmaker, Daniel Kaluuya has cooked up something fairly intriguing in “The Kitchen.” Best known as the star of films such as the Jordan Peele-directed critical faves “Get Out” (2017) and “Nope” (2022), Kaluuya co-directed the commentary-filled science-fiction drama with Kibwe Tavares and co-wrote it with Rob Hayes and Joe Murtagh. “The Kitchen” — a British film debuting in the United States this week on Netflix — is set in a near-future London in which public housing has been abolished and police force residents to abandon their homes. Against that compelling backdrop, Kaluuya and Co. tell […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FilmReview-TheKitchen-WBOX-011924-04-3.jpg?w=140 "For his debut as a filmmaker, Daniel Kaluuya has cooked up something fairly intriguing in “The Kitchen.” Best known as the star of films such as the Jordan Peele-directed critical faves “Get Out” (2017) and “Nope” (2022), Kaluuya co-directed the commentary-filled science-fiction drama with Kibwe Tavares and co-wrote it with Rob Hayes and Joe Murtagh. “The Kitchen” — a British film debuting in the United States this week on Netflix — is set in a near-future London in which public housing has been abolished and police force residents to abandon their homes. Against that compelling backdrop, Kaluuya and Co. tell […]")
‘The Kitchen’ review: Intriguing, unbalanced debut from Kaluuya as a filmmaker
For his debut as a filmmaker, Daniel Kaluuya has cooked up something fairly intriguing in “The Kitchen.” Best known as the star of films such as the Jordan Peele-directed critical...
![Perhaps as early as the middle of the first act of the touring musical version of “Mrs. Doubtfire” — which is early on in its run at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square as part of the KeyBank Broadway series — you’ll find yourself looking forward to taking part in a standing ovation for star Rob McClure. No one can make you forget about the late, great Robin Williams, who in the 1993 movie “Mrs. Doubtfire” portrays Daniel Hillard, a struggling voice actor who, after a divorce, disguises himself as a European nanny and housekeeper, Euphegenia Doubtfire, to remain involved in his kids’ […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-PHS-Doubtfire-review-WBOX-011424-03-2.jpg?w=140 "Perhaps as early as the middle of the first act of the touring musical version of “Mrs. Doubtfire” — which is early on in its run at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square as part of the KeyBank Broadway series — you’ll find yourself looking forward to taking part in a standing ovation for star Rob McClure. No one can make you forget about the late, great Robin Williams, who in the 1993 movie “Mrs. Doubtfire” portrays Daniel Hillard, a struggling voice actor who, after a divorce, disguises himself as a European nanny and housekeeper, Euphegenia Doubtfire, to remain involved in his kids’ […]")
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ at Playhouse Square review: Star Rob McClure a whirlwind of fun
Perhaps as early as the middle of the first act of the touring musical version of “Mrs. Doubtfire” — which is early on in its run at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square...
![I’d been thinking about Italian beef sandwiches for a year and a half — ever since the debut in summer 2022 of the excellent if also incredibly stressful FX on Hulu comedy-drama series “The Bear.” In the show’s first season, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (recent Golden Globe winner Jeremy Allen White) returns to Chicago to run […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-RestRvw-AuJus-WBOX-011224-05.jpg?w=117 "I’d been thinking about Italian beef sandwiches for a year and a half — ever since the debut in summer 2022 of the excellent if also incredibly stressful FX on Hulu comedy-drama series “The Bear.” In the show’s first season, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (recent Golden Globe winner Jeremy Allen White) returns to Chicago to run […]")
Au Jus review: Parma sandwich shop (somewhat) worth the effort
I’d been thinking about Italian beef sandwiches for a year and a half — ever since the debut in summer 2022 of the excellent if also incredibly stressful FX on...
![Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to entertainment@morningjournal.com or entertainment@news-herald.com. You must include a phone number and/or web address for publication. Art Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd., presents “Liturgical Textiles from Late Medieval Germany,” through Aug. 4; “Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio,” through March 10; “Nature Supernatural,” through March 3; “Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism,” through Jan. 14; “Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism,” through Jan. 14; “Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting,” through May 6; “New Narratives: […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-1stWave-WBOX-011224-01-5.jpg?w=132 "Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to entertainment@morningjournal.com or entertainment@news-herald.com. You must include a phone number and/or web address for publication. Art Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd., presents “Liturgical Textiles from Late Medieval Germany,” through Aug. 4; “Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio,” through March 10; “Nature Supernatural,” through March 3; “Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism,” through Jan. 14; “Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism,” through Jan. 14; “Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting,” through May 6; “New Narratives: […]")
Happenings — what’s coming up in Northeast Ohio starting Jan. 12
Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to entertainment@morningjournal.com or entertainment@news-herald.com. You must include a phone number and/or...
![Knowing that the movie adaptation of the stage musical version of “Mean Girls” — a song-infused, Tony Award-nominated take on the 2004 teen-movie favorite that made its Broadway debut in 2018 — originally was planned to debut on Paramount+ before being moved to a theatrical release this week, the worry was it would be what we might call a “streaming-quality” affair. Now, having seen it, we suspect Paramount Pictures executives believed it simply too strong not to be shown in auditoriums initially. Don’t get us wrong — this movie musical is only “so fetch.” It loses a bit of its […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FilmReview-MeanGirls-WBOX-011224-01-3.jpg?w=132 "Knowing that the movie adaptation of the stage musical version of “Mean Girls” — a song-infused, Tony Award-nominated take on the 2004 teen-movie favorite that made its Broadway debut in 2018 — originally was planned to debut on Paramount+ before being moved to a theatrical release this week, the worry was it would be what we might call a “streaming-quality” affair. Now, having seen it, we suspect Paramount Pictures executives believed it simply too strong not to be shown in auditoriums initially. Don’t get us wrong — this movie musical is only “so fetch.” It loses a bit of its […]")
‘Mean Girls’ review: Musical adaptation retains irreverent fun of 2004 flick
Knowing that the movie adaptation of the stage musical version of “Mean Girls” — a song-infused, Tony Award-nominated take on the 2004 teen-movie favorite that made its Broadway debut in...
![“American Fiction” is two movies masquerading as one, each of which may have been strong on its own but feels underdeveloped and fails to contribute to a cohesive whole. The debut feature from writer-director Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction” is adapted from the 2001 novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett. At least on the screen — “American Fiction” lands in theaters this week — the story of frustrated Black novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is part satirical social comedy and part sincere family drama. Although it benefits from strong work by the dependable Jeffrey Wright as Monk and gets its fair share of […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FilmReview-AmericanFiction-WBOX-121523-05-1.jpg?w=132 "“American Fiction” is two movies masquerading as one, each of which may have been strong on its own but feels underdeveloped and fails to contribute to a cohesive whole. The debut feature from writer-director Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction” is adapted from the 2001 novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett. At least on the screen — “American Fiction” lands in theaters this week — the story of frustrated Black novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is part satirical social comedy and part sincere family drama. Although it benefits from strong work by the dependable Jeffrey Wright as Monk and gets its fair share of […]")
‘American Fiction’ review: Ambitious work can’t overcome its tonal clash
“American Fiction” is two movies masquerading as one, each of which may have been strong on its own but feels underdeveloped and fails to contribute to a cohesive whole. The...
![You’re a producer looking to put together the North American Tour of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” the musical based on the 1993 movie starring Robin Williams as a man who, after a split with his wife, disguises himself as a woman to stay involved in his kids’ lives by taking a job as the family housekeeper. You want to hire a star dresser, a person devoted to helping Rob McClure — the actor who plays Daniel Hillard and his alter ego, Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire, and has been with the show since its debut in Seattle in 2019 and through its Broadway […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-PHS-MrsDoubtfire-preview-WBOX-010724-04-2.jpg?w=65 "You’re a producer looking to put together the North American Tour of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” the musical based on the 1993 movie starring Robin Williams as a man who, after a split with his wife, disguises himself as a woman to stay involved in his kids’ lives by taking a job as the family housekeeper. You want to hire a star dresser, a person devoted to helping Rob McClure — the actor who plays Daniel Hillard and his alter ego, Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire, and has been with the show since its debut in Seattle in 2019 and through its Broadway […]")
Rob McClure has extra pair of hands for quick changes of ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’
You’re a producer looking to put together the North American Tour of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” the musical based on the 1993 movie starring Robin Williams as a man who, after a...