Let’s celebrate Eva Marie Saint’s 100th birthday

Jeff Mitchell

Eva Marie Saint turns 100 years young on July 4, and while celebrating the United States’ Independence Day, let’s also applaud this Oscar-and-Emmy-winning actress by enjoying her work that has lit up the big screen for decades.  Diehard and brand-new Ms. Saint movie fans should first watch her Supporting Actress Oscar performance, opposite Marlon Brando, in “On the Waterfront” (1954) and her tangled turn with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s all-time classic thriller, “North by Northwest” (1959). Eva proudly carries north of 80 film, television, and podcast credits (87 to…

‘Tuesday’ is an eccentric, emotional story that might resonate on any day of the week

Jeff Mitchell

“Tuesday” (2024) – Fifteen-year-old Tuesday (Lola Petticrew) is sick.  Tuesday can no longer walk.  This kind, gentle soul sits in a wheelchair or in bed and sometimes breathes with the daunting assistance of an oxygen tank and its cumbersome plastic tubes.  She is dying. Her mom, Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), has the impossible task of coping with the reality of losing her little girl.  The reality is that director/writer Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s feature film debut is an emotional experience.  It works with big, sweeping ideas that are resourcefully presented by a small…

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ is a familiar, formulaic trip

Jeff Mitchell

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” (2024) – “I need this.  Bad Boys, one last time.” – Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) Mike Lowrey says the above declaration to his long-time detective lieutenant partner, Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), in the third “Bad Boys” film, “Bad Boys for Life” (2020), 17 years after “Bad Boys II” (2003).  Promises, promises.  Mike meant to say, “I need this.  Bad Boys, one last time before the next time.” Mike and Marcus are back for another buddy-cop action comedy, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”, where again, as…