David Freedman is the producer of all four Critics Choice Awards, a founding member of Moviefone, and a Platform and Springboard Diver
The best docs are the ones that surprise you and take a huge left turn in the middle. And that is exactly what this fantastic documentary offers. The last movie Howard Hughes made in 1951 was a complete fiasco – it was about Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Conquerors, but get this: It starred John Wayne in the title role with an almost entirely white cast! I swear I could not make this up. The movie was hugely expensive and…
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The best kind of biographical documentary is the one that scrutinizes all of the parts of their subject’s life – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and that is what we get in this moving documentary about the two lives of Christopher Reeve. An accomplished stage actor, Chris was tapped to play the Man of Steel in the first modern superhero movie, and even today, decades later, his performances as Superman and Clark Kent still ring true. Virile,…
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If you were like me and between the ages 13 and 24 in the mid-1980s, then you were fortunate enough to witness Hollywood making the huge transition to youth-oriented movies, led by producer John Hughes with such hits as THE BREAKFAST CLUB, PRETTY IN PINK, SIXTEEN CANDLES, and the list goes on. A group of young, pretty, talented actors starred in these movies and enjoyed great success at a young age. They included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Esteves, Ally…
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David reviews all three adaptations of DUNE here on SpoilerFreeReviews.…
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Happy Halloween 2023! It’s time to “be afraid, be very afraid,” as SpoilerFreeReviews has dropped 13 spooky movies for fans to enjoy this PSL season. So join us around the fire as we tell our 13 creepy Halloween favorites.…
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With all the entertainment choices available, it is easy to forget how fantastic a well-crafted movie meant for the theater can delight our senses. A HAUNTING IN VENICE is just such a movie.…
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With all the entertainment choices available, it is easy to forget how fantastic a well-crafted movie meant for the theater can delight our senses. A HAUNTING IN VENICE is just such a movie. Kenneth Branagh returns in this classic Agatha Christie mystery as the seminal detective, Hercule Poirot, this time retired and living in Venice. Hercule is coaxed out of retirement by his friend to debunk a psychic planning a séance to contact the dead. Sounds like a slam dunk,…
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Director Greta Gerwig was wise to bring on experienced scribe Noah Baumbach to co-write the screenplay for BARBIE. Together, they have produced a story that is just plain weird – but weird in a good way. Margot Robbie plays the seminal character as we are introduced to her absolutely perfect world of Barbie and Ken. But as one would expect, the perfection starts to crumble, and Barbie and Ken must venture into the real world to figure out what is…
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At its essence, Wednesday is yet another teenage angst tale of Woe, but with a winking eye. Season One has our intrepid hero dealing with her growing psychic powers while she helps solve a series of grisly murders, where, oddly enough, she seems to be the only one really disturbed by them.…
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