The Blu Spot

The Film: It really is quite amazing that it took this long for there to finally be a biopic about one of the most legendary music icons who ever lived. Sure, there had been a few TV documentaries about Michael Jackson over the years, but somehow we had never gotten a big budget, theatrical film about the King of Pop until now. It's hard to imagine the intense pressure of trying to get something like that right, knowing full-well that millions of fans around the world are cla

The Film: Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, who has brought us such classics as "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," "Erin Brockovich," and "Traffic," has been going through a bit of a dry spell lately. His last three outings have included the poorly-received "Magic Mike's Last Dance," the bland haunted house drama "Presence," and "Black Bag," a spy thriller that was more interested in being clever than it was in telling a compelling story. It's been unfortunate to see him st

The Film: It's been quite a while since we've heard from acclaimed filmmaker Gus Van Sant, whose past works include great films like "Good Will Hunting" and "Milk." His last project, "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot," came out all the way back in 2018, receiving mixed reviews and coming & going without making much of a splash, but at long last he's returned with his latest feature, the real-life crime thriller "Dead Man's Wire." Will this rendition of an actual hostage