“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” Review
“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” (2014) Photo courtesy of IFC Films Elaine Stritch is a Tony and Emmy winning actress who has appeared on Broadway since 1946. She has appeared in movies such as “A Farewell...
View Article“Bad Words” Review
“Bad Words” (2014) Photo courtesy of Focus Features We first meet Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman) as he enters a school auditorium that is getting ready for a spelling bee. A nearby parent sees Guy and...
View Article“The Lunchbox” Review
Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics “The Lunchbox” (2013) In India, it is not uncommon for housewife’s to send their husbands lunches by way of an elaborate delivery system called the Dabbawalas....
View Article“Anita” Review
Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films “Anita” (2014) In 1991, the country was glued to their TV’s watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings where a young, African-American woman law professor...
View Article“The Unknown Known” Review
Photo courtesy of RADIUS-TWC “The Unknown Known” (2014) Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most fascinating political figures of the last 50 years. Besides serving four terms in Congress, Rumsfeld was the...
View Article“The Railway Man” Review
Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company “The Railway Man” (2013) Eric Lomax (Colin Firth) has a chance encounter with a beautiful woman, Patti (Nicole Kidman), on a train traveling across the English...
View Article“Hateship Loveship” Review
“Hateship Loveship” (2014) When we first meet Johanna (Kristen Wiig) is seems she is living in the 1950’s. She wears old fashioned lace up shoes, dress that seem to be bought at a 5 & 10 store and...
View Article“Decoding Annie Parker” Review
Photo courtesy of Entertainment One “Decoding Annie Parker” (2014) “Decoding Annie Parker” is a movie based on the true story of Annie Parker (Samantha Morton), a woman who has battled cancer and the...
View Article“Blue Ruin” Review
Photo courtesy of Radius-TWC “Blue Ruin” (2014) When we first meet Dwight (Macon Blair), he is taking a shower in a nice home. Unfortunately, it’s not his home and when the homeowners come back...
View Article“Locke” Review
Photo courtesy of A24 “Locke” (2013) The first scene of the film we see Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) leaving a huge construction site with his hard hat, reflective vest and rubber boots on. He gets into a...
View Article“Moms’ Night Out” Review
Photo courtesy of Tri-Star Pictures “Moms’ Night Out” (2014) Riding on the coattail success of “God’s Not Dead” and “Heaven is for Real” comes the faith-based comedy ‘Moms’ Night Out.” Think of it as...
View ArticleFirst look at “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″
Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Lionsgate has put on the internet the first look at “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ , the box office hit movie series that was filmed right here in the Atlanta, GA...
View Article“God’s Pocket” Review
Photo courtesy of IFC Films “God’s Pocket” (2014) A newspaper reporter writes in his column describing the men of God’s Pocket as people who live their whole life in the same city they were born in...
View ArticleMovie Review: Godzilla
If Godzilla were to appear in a pink dress with a musical dance opening scene in his new self titled film it would still be ten times better than Roland Emmerich’s big dumb iguana from 1998. That...
View Article“Chef” Review
Photo courtesy of Open Road Films “Chef” (2014) Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) is a man who has lost his way. He is head chef at a very swanky Los Angeles restaurant owned by a man named Riva (Dustin...
View ArticleMovie Review | X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer gave us one of the best superhero movies (See The 4: Superhero Movies) ever with X2: X-Men United. Singer set in motion one the great stories in the X-Men saga with the Dark Phoenix and...
View Article“Ida” Review
Photo courtesy of Music Box Films “Ida” (2013) Set in Poland during the 1960’s, Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is a young novitiate nun, happily preparing to take her vows. She is content with her life...
View Article“Cold in July” Review
Photo courtesy of IFC Films “Cold in July” A young wife, Ann (Vinessa Shaw) is awakened at home by a noise. She wakes her husband (Michael C. Hall), telling him “I think I hear something.” The...
View Article“Words and Pictures” Review
Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions “Words and Pictures” Jack Marcus (Clive Owen) is an English teacher at a private high school. He is a nationally known writer whose best years are behind him. In...
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