Did ‘Pride and Prejudice’ need zombies?

Did ‘Pride and Prejudice’ need zombies?

If there’s an award out there for the most accurate title of the year, I suspect “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (PPZ) is the sure winner for 2016.With the exception of the opening scene and maybe the last 25 minutes, PPZ plays out like a loose...
3 more reviews of movies that played at Sundance

3 more reviews of movies that played at Sundance

PARK CITY — In this follow-up to last week’s “3 reviews of movies playing at Sundance,” we have three new selections that really celebrate the breadth of the festival. Beginning with the movie that won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, and working our way down to a...
Movie review: ‘The Girl King’

Movie review: ‘The Girl King’

Everyone who’s enjoyed an Intro to Philosophy class has heard the tale of the queen who killed René Descartes. As the story goes, Descartes was a guy who danced to his own beat, regularly sleeping in until noon and lazily inventing different forms of geometry. Then...