Stephen Garrett, Author at Book and Film Globe

Athena

Paris is Burning

September 23, 2022September 21, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Athena, Romain Gavras

France goes up in flames in the anti-police brutality film ‘Athena’

Whale

Whale of a TIFF

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Brendan Fraser, Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Darren Aronofsky, Empire of Light, Joanna Hogg, Martin McDonagh, Patrick and The Whale, Sam Mendes, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Whale, Tilda Swinton

Cetaceans and cetacean-sized humans close out a great festival in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is on the Menu

September 12, 2022September 16, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Anya Taylor-Joy, Daniel Craig, Daniel Radcliffe, David Lynch, Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Glass Onion, Kate Hudson, Knives Out, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Ralph Fiennes, Rian Johnson, Steven Spielberg, The Fablemans, Toronto International Film Festival, Weird Al Yankovic

TIFF is back, featuring a ‘Knives Out’ sequel, a Spielberg semi-autobiography, a Weird Al parody biopic, and ‘The Menu’

Three Thousand Years of Longing

I Dream of Idris

August 26, 2022August 31, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments George Miller, Idris Elba, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton

‘Three Thousand Years of Longing,’ George Miller’s strangely rambling ode to the power of storytelling

‘Bullet Train’ Is a Punch-Packed Ride

August 6, 2022August 7, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Bad Bunny, Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Bullet Train, Joey King, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock

Glossy thriller crammed with stylish fights, not much else

‘Nope’ Says Yes to Thrills

July 21, 2022July 27, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Daniel Kaluuya, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Nope, Steven Yeun

Jordan Peele’s newest is full of spectacle, lighter on substance

Gray Man

Gray Matter

July 18, 2022July 22, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton, Chris Evans, Netflix, Regé-Jean Page, Ryan Gosling, The Gray Man, The Russo Brothers

Netflix debuts an opulent but messy spy movie, hoping for a homegrown franchise

Love and Thunder

Love and Blunder

July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy, Natalie Portman, Russell Crowe, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, Thor: Love and Thunder

God butchery is no joke

Elvis

Elvis Lives

June 24, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Elvis, Tom Hanks

Baz Luhrmann’s overheated biopic gloriously resurrects The King

Lightyear

This Is That Movie

June 17, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Evans, Dale Soules, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitcock Jr., James Brolin, Keke Palmer, Lightyear, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Toy Story, Uzo Aduba

The breezy, silly ‘Toy Story’ prequel ‘Lightyear’ avoids most of the spin-off trappings

Jurassic World Dominion

Dino-Bloat

June 10, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments B.D. Wong, Bryce Dallas Howard, Campbell Scott, Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow, DeWanda Wise, Isabella Sermon, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic World: Dominion, Laura Dern, Mamoudou Athie, Omar Sy, Sam Neill

‘Dominion’ is, we can hope, the last ‘Jurassic World’ movie

cannes

We All Won at Cannes This Year

June 5, 2022June 8, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cannes Film Festival, Dardenne Brothers, EO, Park Chan-Wook, Ruben Östlund, Tori and Lokita, Triangle of Sadness

A flurry of acquisitions means American audiences will get to more easily enjoy the films for themselves

The New (and Old) Flesh At Cannes

May 28, 2022June 2, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Crimes of the Future, David Bowie, David Cronenberg, Elvis Presley, Kelly Reichardt, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve, Michelle Williams, Viggo Mortensen

Cronenberg, Elvis, Bowie, Kelly Reichardt–and Léa Seydoux highlight a great week at the festival

Top Gun: Maverick

Return to the Danger Zone

May 26, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Joseph Kosinski, Miles Teller, Tom Cruise, Top Gun Maverick, Val Kilmer

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is a corny and awesome sequel to an 80s classic

Cannes

With a Capital C

May 23, 2022May 25, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, Cannes Film Festival, George Miller, Idris Elba, James Gray, Quentin Dupieux, Ruben Östlund, Smoking Causes Coughing, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Tom Cruise, Top Gun Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Volodymyr Zelensky, Woody Harrelson

Cinema comes roaring back at Cannes 2022

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