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Frank Lovece

Film Review: The Public Image is Rotten

Film Review: The Public Image is Rotten

An otherwise well-crafted and beautifully evocative documentary of the post-punk U.K. band Public Image Ltd. is undermined by being an official, authorized work, a vanity project painting the former Johnny Rotten as Gentleman John Lydon.
Film Review: 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie

Film Review: 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie

What might be dismissed aa a niche documentary about the producer's favorite obscure band as a youth instead becomes an ode to human connection, to the invisible bonds that can transcend time, space and even hate.
Film Review: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Film Review: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Any hopes that genius Genndy Tartakovsky, finally writing as well as directing, would imbue this animated sequel with his trademark blend of subversive wit and loving homage are quickly dashed on the rocks of ordinariness.
Marvel Disciple: For longtime fan Peyton Reed, 'Ant-Man' and its sequel have been dream assignments

Marvel Disciple: For longtime fan Peyton Reed, 'Ant-Man' and its sequel have been dream assignments

Half the lives in the entire universe are at stake in the current Avengers: Infinity War. The fabled realm of Asgard and all its people are imperiled in Thor: Ragnarok (2017). And in Ant-Man and the Wasp, opening July 6, the two-year house arrest of Scott Lang a.k.a. Ant-Man hangs perilously in...
Dinos in the House: J.A. Bayona and Bryce Dallas Howard look beyond the thrills of 'Jurassic World'

Dinos in the House: J.A. Bayona and Bryce Dallas Howard look beyond the thrills of 'Jurassic World'

T. rex vs. Triceratops? Sure, but that's just the undercard. Because the main-bout attraction in 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' is Nature vs. Nurture.
Film Review: Zoo

Film Review: Zoo

Fact-based family adventure of three youngsters in World War II Belfast who try to keep a baby elephant safe puts the melancholy poetry of Irish storytelling to beautiful, highly affecting use.
Film Review: Who We Are Now

Film Review: Who We Are Now

A woman whose life is upended after ten years in prison for vehicular manslaughter tries to regain her child from his guardians, find a decent job and keep the world at arm's length in this idiosyncratic indie with a riveting Julianne Nicholson.
Space Commander: Ron Howard enters the 'Star Wars' realm with 'Solo'

Space Commander: Ron Howard enters the 'Star Wars' realm with 'Solo'

"Former child actor" has become an unfortunate shorthand for those cases of a young TV or film performer hitting bottom after finding they can no longer make a go of it in a notoriously fickle career arena.
Film Review: Deadpool 2

Film Review: Deadpool 2

Upping the emotional ante, 'Deadpool 2' proves richer and deeper than the very good original. Plus: new-and-improved curse words and 20 percent more mayhem!
Film Review: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Film Review: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Both biography and elegy, this evocative documentary about the early evolution of art-world prodigy Jean-Michel Basquiat places him in the context of one of the most fertile creative times New York City ever experienced.