My movie run-down for Oscar season

My movie run-down for Oscar season

After a two-year hiatus, Rockland County Times humor columnist Ella Steinbeck returns (albeit with an unexpected Oscar preview rather than a dose of side-splitting comedy) BY ELLA STEINBECK “Phantom Thread:” Daniel Day Lewis, this is not how you want to go out. You canโ€™t retire on this one. It was a silly story. Like a […]

A Figure Skater Goes from Champion to Tabloid Headliner

A Figure Skater Goes from Champion to Tabloid Headliner

By Vincent Abbatecola Whenever a story breaks about an individual committing a questionable act, we canโ€™t help but be glued to our news outlets to speculate what has happened and draw our own conclusions.ย While there may be some instances where the truth is more clear-cut, there are others where youโ€™re not sure what and whom […]

Top 10 Films of 2017

Top 10 Films of 2017

By Vincent Abbatecolaย  10)ย Marjorie Primeย – The rapid advancement of technology is something thatโ€™s been examined a few times in film in recent years, and writer-director Michael Almereyda approaches it from a new angle inย โ€œMarjorie Prime.โ€ย Based on the play by Jordan Harrison, the film tells the story of an elderly woman named Marjorie (Lois Smith) who […]