Upper East Side Film

Insightful Perspectives on Upper East Side Movies

Monday, May 30, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick

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               Tom Cruise flies again. Fans of the original have waited two CoVid postponed years for this sequel to the beloved first film....
Sunday, May 22, 2022

"Downton Abbey: A New Era"

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          I must confess, I have never seen an episode of the Downton Abbey TV show, nor the first film. However, after enjoying "The ...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

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      The magic of Dr. Strange and the Scarlett Witch may have transported audiences through Marvel's conception of the multiverse but t...
Sunday, May 08, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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      Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Doctor Strange in this trippy sequel that will appeal to Marvel fans but hold probably no interest for...
Tuesday, May 03, 2022

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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       Nicolas Cage stars as a fictionalized version of himself in this new action comedy, written and directed by Tom Gormican.       Mr. C...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

The Northman

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            Director and co-writer ( with Sjon) Robert Eggers brings his unique vision to this Viking tale of revenge. Set in AD 895, the fi...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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         The third film in the "Fantastic Beats" series finds most of the original cast back for a new adventure.  Eddie Redmayne ...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Ambulance

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                 I can't imagine any director other than Michael Bay going near this ridiculous script.  Apparently he turned it down th...
Sunday, April 03, 2022

Morbius

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          Marvel Studio's next crack at a superhero franchise comes in collaboration with Sony Studios and those cross studio films are ...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

The Lost City

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         Fans of "Romancing The Stone" will enjoy this lighthearted action-comedy adventure. Starring Sandra Bullock (always good ...

The Outfit

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            If you are a fan of the actor Mark Rylance, and who isn't, then this old fashioned "drawing room crime drama" is f...
Sunday, March 06, 2022

The Batman

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       The "Dark Knight" gets even darker in this new version of the Batman legend. Director and co-writer Matt Reeves (along with...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

Cyrano

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      Director Joe Wright, working from a screenplay by Erica Schmidt (based on her play), brings us a wonderful adaptation of the classic l...
Sunday, February 20, 2022

Uncharted

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                       Based on a video game (which I have never played or even seen), this action, adventure story is in the mold of a ...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

The Worst Person in the World

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                    Nominated for best International film and best original screenplay at this year's Oscars,  this new Norwegian film i...
Saturday, February 05, 2022

The Lost Daughter

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        Not exactly new, this drama is currently streaming on Netflix. Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, and based on the novel by ...

Moonfall

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      It's that time of year when bad movies fill the void of winter and we can always expect a new Liam Neeson thriller.  While he does...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Parallel Mothers

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         The new film from writer/director Pedro Almodovar is an emotionally engaging story of two single pregnant women. Penelope Cruz star...
Sunday, January 09, 2022

Nightmare Alley

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     Based on the 1946 novel of the same name, this is actually a remake of the original 1947 film starring Tyrone Power. The new version is...

The Tender Bar

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        Based on the memoir by J.R. Moehringer, this coming-of-age drama is about his life growing up on Long Island and is directed with se...
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