Starlit 2010, Gallery Books. 243 pages. $24.99 Lisa Rinna Soap opera actress and television personality Lisa Rinna has written a breezy novel that follows three young actresses looking for their big breaks in Hollywood. It’s called Starlit, and it […]
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Chef (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆
Being a picky eater I don’t have the love affair with food that many people enjoy, and movies about food often bore me. That was not the case with Chef, a tour-de-force from Jon Favreau, who wrote, directed and stars […]
Continue reading »The Fault in Our Stars (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆
It is sad and cruel when cancer strikes — especially when its target is young and otherwise healthy. The Fault in Our Stars, and presumably the book upon which it is based, suggests that pain and suffering, while hideously unfair, […]
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
One of the greatest joys of movie watching occurs when a sequel is as good or better than the original, and such is the case with DreamWorks new animated movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2. I never quite connected […]
Continue reading »Million Dollar Arm (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆
I’m a big baseball fan, but I had never heard of the “Million Dollar Arm” contest, in which cricket players in India were given the opportunity to win baseball tryouts for major league teams. According to the movie, anyway, this […]
Continue reading »Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Our tenth classic of 2014 is the dramatic musical biography of country and western singer Loretta Lynn, which shares the same title as her famous autobiographical song, Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980). The film stars Sissy Spacek as the singer, and her […]
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by Barb Lentz. The five movies Bob provided for me from which to choose were these: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) The Great Escape (1963) The Killers (1946) On the Beach (1959) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) I […]
Continue reading »Maleficent (2014) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Although this isn’t really my kind of movie and I will probably never see it again, I must admit that I enjoyed Maleficent. If its inconsistencies could have been avoided it would be well worth watching; as it is, it’s […]
Continue reading »Shirley Jones: A Memoir (2013)
Shirley Jones: A Memoir 2013, Gallery Books. 291 pages. $27.00 Shirley Jones, with Wendy Leigh. Singer and actress Shirley Jones has written, in collaboration with Wendy Leigh, a candid memoir regarding her life and career. It is, by turns, […]
Continue reading »Ida (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆
This Polish drama from Pawel Pawlikowski is about as far removed from a Hollywood movie as can be produced. It is slowly paced, made with long, static camera shots using only natural light, about a character who rarely talks or […]
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