MH370 THE PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED – Three episode documentary pondering the mystery of Malaysia Flight MH370 which vanished over the South China Sea on March 8, 2014. While nothing new is revealed, a lot of debate was sparked among the peeps. I can’t even venture a guess as to the whereabouts of this plane orContinue reading
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STRANGER AT THE GATE – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala produced this Oscar nominated short documentary film about the extraordinary power of kindness. One man’s truly remarkable journey from hate to redemption. Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.
PAMELA, A LOVE STORY – Pamela Anderson’s endearing memoir of her wild, adventurous life and shared with us in her own words. She wasn’t what I expected. I admire her candor and her ability to embrace all aspects of her life, the painful and the pleasurable, with humor and love. We even get a peekContinue reading
THE FABELMANS – Written, directed, produced by Steven Spielberg, and about Steven Spielberg (loosely), how could this film be anything but great, right? Right!! Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES – Kelly calls it snoresville. She’s not wrong. It’s not as interesting as the books and a few of the actors, including the lead, Teresa Palmer, are flat in their delivery. Most of the cast is quite good however. I like it, but I don’t know I’d be able to followContinue reading
THE LORD OF THE RINGS Fellowship of the Ring – Is there anyone who hasn’t seen the LOTR trilogy? Yes. Kelly and me, to name two. So when it dropped on NetFlix we watched it. Kelly and Van loved it. I liked it, but not enough to sit through two more 3-hour films to seeContinue reading
TÁR – And the Best Actress Oscar goes to Cate Blanchett for her masterful command of an extremely challenging role. She had to learn to speak German and French fluently, conduct an orchestra realistically, utter obscure symphony terminology and composers’ names in long pieces of dialogue…and she did it all with such proficiency I believedContinue reading
HORROR STORIES – Another Twilight Zone-ish bore. Skip it! Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.
THE WHALE – And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to Brendan Fraser in this heartbreaking story of obesity and broken people. Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.
ANGELYNE – During the many years we lived in Los Angeles, the boys and I would see billboards of Angelyne all over town. Occasionally we would pass her pink Corvette on the 101 freeway. We would always remark, “Who is this chick?” It was the same question many Angelenos were asking and rumors abounded, butContinue reading
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