BELFAST – Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, this film is a snapshot of a day in the life of folks living in Belfast during the extreme violence between the Catholics and Protestants in 1969. Gritty and raw, it tells this disturbing tale through the eyes of an 11-year old boy who lived it….that boyContinue reading
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GET BACK – Full disclosure…..all the peeps are Beatles fans – Mike and I being the most diehard of the bunch! So it is no surprise we all enjoyed this documentary of the fab four working in the studio back in 1969 as they prepared for a live performance or TV show or both. (TheyContinue reading
NIGHTMARE ALLEY – Bradley Cooper delivers a riveting performance in this intense, disturbing film based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. With it’s all-star line-up of Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett and Richard Jenkins, we are thrust into the dark abyss of the dregs of society and charlatans who cruelly prey upon folks desperate forContinue reading
PATSY & LORETTA – Back in 1981 Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her outstanding portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter. That film revealed the close friendship between Loretta and Patsy Cline. This film from 2019 is a deep dive into that relationship. The dichotomy and attraction between these two iconic country musicContinue reading
ARCHIVE 81 – this new series on NetFlix is supposed to be a supernatural thriller involving a cult and their mission to release a god/demon from another world. I wasn’t so thrilled. It’s eight monotonous episodes and a bit of a mind bend because we’re never clear on how an event happened or why. It’sContinue reading
THE GILDED AGE – Think Downton Abbey meets obscenely rich late-1800s Manhattanites and you have a complete picture of this new Julian Fellowes drama on HBO. In fact, there’s no need to watch it. It’s a rehash of Downton Abbey set in a new location with a slight variation of snobbery, class and scandal. IContinue reading
THE FATHER – Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for his heartbreaking portrayal of an elderly man sinking into the dark abyss of dementia. His performance is brilliant. Olivia Colman is equally superb as his daughter. I had to be in the right frame of mind to finally watch this film because I knew it wasContinue reading
RED JOAN – Judi Dench stars in this film based on the book which is loosely based on the story of Melitta Norwood. Norwood became known as the granny spy when she was arrested in her English garden at the age of 87 for smuggling information to the Russians forty years earlier during World WarContinue reading
AMERICAN NIGHT – Violent film (think Quentin Tarantino) starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emile Hirsch and Paz Vega. It’s not my kind of film, but I am a Jonathan fan, so when the screener arrived, I watched it. Jonathan delivers his usual intense, stellar performance. The rest of the cast is also quite good. But, alas, notContinue reading
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING – Geena Davis produced this documentary revealing the long-standing gender bias in Hollywood. It’s probably only of interest to those of us in the entertainment industry, but it was quite informative. I was surprised at the meager number of women, especially women of color, studios employ both in front of and behindContinue reading
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