I stumble upon an old farce, and Noises Off … makes me smile

Noises Off is a 1992 movie based upon a 1982 play that was centered upon the intertwined backstage lives of the actors in a fictitious play, a romp titled Nothing On. Got it? The movie, directed by Peter Bogdanovich from a screenplay by Marty Kaplan, is quite deliciously complicated at face value, yes. But it’s…

Now You See Me 2 keeps you guessing again and again and again

The Four Horseman are back, sort of, to tease the world with their powers and make things right as rain. Of course, as audiences discovered, mostly to their delight in the 2013 illusion-meets-magic-turns-into-caper eyebrow-lifter Now You See Me, don’t be so certain that what you believe one moment will be remotely close to what you…

No secret: These Brits can figure out clues

James Bond had his decades, oh so many of them. Jack Ryan. Jason Bourne. Bring on Gary “Eggsy” Unwin. Yeah, “Kingsmen: The Secret Service” continues the long line of agent thrillers, but this young British hero has more to do with 007 than the rest, with gadgets and fighting and cool. You can read my…