All articles by David Kempler

The first Mrs. Benito Mussolini is discarded by her husband. By the end, she annoyed me so much that I didn’t blame him.

The origins of Joan Jett’s first band are explored in this entertaining but sanitized biopic that makes you wonder how it would have played without the mainstream polish.

Jeff Kinney’s successful children’s book is adapted for the screen in this sure-to-be cash cow, even though I question whether the hero is worthy.

A spoiled middle-aged woman learns little while throwing herself a pity party.

Thoroughly lovely little tale of a middle-aged man in Italy who ends up sharing his living quarters with his elderly mother and two other elderly Italian women.

A college girl who suffers from epilepsy is home for the holidays. And that’s about it.

Stieg Larsson’s popular novel hits the screen with a great performance by Swedish actress Noomi Rapace. She makes it passable. Without her it’s nothing.

When a slightly mentally handicapped young man is arrested for murder, his bulldog of a mother is not pleased, and she sets out to right the wrong.

Animated fantasy about the origin of the Book of Kells is a mediocre secret not particularly worth sharing.