What do you think about the trend of making movies based on video games? And how much would I have to pay you to sit through “The Minecraft Movie?” Juzo Greenwood, Berkeley Dear Juzo: It’s an awful ...

Have you ever had high expectations and anticipation for a film, either as a critic or a fan, and upon watching it felt utter disappointment? Steve Bage, Sausalito Hi, Steve: The best recent example ...

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Dear Mick LaSalle: Wait. How can Maximus’ son be alive (in “Gladiator II”)? Unless Lucius (Paul Mescal) is the love child of ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: You were asked about where you stand on the cancellation of Woody Allen [in April]. I have decided that ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: Your perfect description of (a laugh track as) “the delirious, mirthless laughter of jackals” was spot on ...