Halloween or Nevada Day: which to choose for the October 31 season? I suggest wallowing in Misery. I recently presented it this month as...

Amsterdam makes a great tourist destination but its promise fades in David O. Russell’s newest movie. Russell starts big, partly from his...

When I wrote my book about films shot in the state, I avoided a title like The Nevada Movie Book instead using the subtitle Icons on...

October brings the season of the witch, which for decades since 1993 means watching Hocus Pocus. Fans seek shopping sites selling...

Playing with words and mood, The Good House manages a surprising balancing act between lightweight tone and serious subject. The movie...

Regional history plays a part in the new documentary Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche. Directors Jared Drake and Steven Siig...

Though Oscar winners highlight its cast, See how they Run actress Saoirse Ronan runs away with the show. Playing an over-enthusiastic cop...

I may not spend a full three thousand years at it, and my longing for films by George Miller qualifies more as anticipation than...

The new movie Gigi and Nate shows that one way to shock the monkey comes with work as service animals. Yes, the title monkey Gigi gets a...

In Beast, a lion joins the summer’s jaws and claws crowd with a roar that’s worse than its bite. The chomp romp works both sides of the...

The movie Mack and Rita lets Diane Keaton continue the march for former ingenues to maintain a chick-flick presence, a good idea that...

Though not a fun road to drive on, Paradise Highway leads to a different and revealing side of the trucking world. Different because a...

Two significantly different songs inspire separate documentaries this summer, proving that just a few minutes of performance can lead to...

After a so-so visit to the Twilight Zone on television, Jordan Peele finds a better home for the mindset with his new movie Nope. Set in...

Author Delia Owens came up with a great sounding phrase for her book turned movie: Where the Crawdads Sing. I immediately imagined a...

Streaming service or movie theater? This weekend I got lazy and tried a test run of Britbox, a natural for any public broadcast fan since...

Following my book title and going Around the World in 80 Movies includes a journey to the center of the earth and exploration of Wendover...

Jet pilots, dinosaurs and the king of rock and roll share more than giant box office revenues this summer—they all boast Nevada ties. Top...

Less of a biopic than glittery Gatsby style party, the new movie Elvis explodes with energy and excitement. Director Baz Luhrmann already...

With a message resembling a sports ad--just do it--The Phantom of the Open plays on the warm platitude of watching a little guy succeed....