Review by John Larkin Very minor spoilers ahead Going into THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU, I was not expecting some radical reinvention of STAR WARS. At this point, we have already had three seasons of THE MANDALORIAN with Din Djarin and Grogu. We know the rhythm of their adventures. We know the appeal. We know the merchandising power of Baby Yoda, who long ago crossed over from popular STAR WARS character into full-blown cultural obsession. So the question was never really, “Do peo

By John Larkin The best film festivals are not only about the movies you see. They are about the strange, unexpected collisions that happen around them. A restoration leads to a conversation. A screening leads to a memory. A party leads to a piece of movie history that you did not know existed. That was my experience at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, which ran April 30 through May 3 in Hollywood. The 2026 theme was “The World Comes to Hollywood,” a fitting idea for a

Purchase at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above! Last year I had the privilege of seeing an early screening of the new 4K restoration of this classic documentary. In my original write-up I openly wished for a disc release of this restoration and it seems my plea has been answered in this beautiful set from Warner Archives. What follows is my original write up on not just the film but the very special night that surrounded it involving meeting George Stevens Jr. I had th

Purchase at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above Review by John Larkin THE FRONT is an outlier in the canon of WOODY ALLEN as an actor. If most of his screen persona is built around neurotic wit, self-consciousness, romantic unease, and verbal spiraling, THE FRONT asks something very different of him. Here, he strips much of that away. His Howard Prince, a small-time bookie and restaurant cashier, is still recognizable as a Woody Allen character on some level, but he is