The type of heroic instance upon which this film is based would seem to promise a surefire, can’t miss, inspirational, dramatic film adaptation. After all, if it really was the most daring rescue in the history of the United States […]
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Jane Got a Gun (2016) ☆ ☆ ☆
The year is misleading; this film was shot nearly four years ago, but is only just now finding its way into a theaters for a few weeks. It went through development hell, switching directors, crew members and stars before Gavin […]
Continue reading »The 5th Wave (2016) ☆ ☆
I’ve been interested in this movie ever since I read Rick Yancey’s book a couple of years ago. It’s an ◊◊apocalyptic thriller depicting an alien invasion of Earth. The book was quite involving once I accepted its premise, and the […]
Continue reading »45 Years (2015) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Quiet dramas with older characters dealing with age or coming to terms with events in their pasts often catch Academy Award attention, and such is the case with 45 Years, for which Charlotte Rampling has been nominated as Best Actress. […]
Continue reading »Brooklyn (2015) ☆ ☆ ☆
Movies like this don’t come along very often; Brooklyn is an old-fashioned romantic drama paced very deliberately, without the emotional peaks that moviegoers have come to expect. It is beautifully photographed and very well acted, particularly by Saoirse Ronan (pronounced Seer-sha) […]
Continue reading »The Big Short (2015) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Making a movie about the financial crisis of 2007-8 seems tricky to me because there are no winners or losers — only losers. The American public lost immense amounts of money; the banks and government lost trust as well as […]
Continue reading »The Hateful Eight (2015) ☆ ☆
Hateful is apt; this film is often repulsive, too. I understand why Quentin Tarantino is worshipped in film circles, but I have never been a huge fan of his. On the other hand, I did like Django Unchained, so I don’t […]
Continue reading »Roman Holiday (1953) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Our first potential classic of 2016 is a movie we were able to see in a theater back in November of last year. Roman Holiday is the movie that brought pixie-ish Audrey Hepburn to international prominence and won her an Academy Award […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided me from which to choose were these: Deliverance (1972) Freaks (1932) The Jazz Singer (1927) Mighty Joe Young (1949) Roman Holiday (1953) I was close to choosing Deliverance because it’s one […]
Continue reading »2015 Classics Wrap-Up
We began the year hoping to see and review a movie every three or four weeks. That notion devolved pretty quickly to every other month. It simply wasn’t a high priority for us in 2015. We found other things to […]
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