An excellent soundtrack is the breakout star of this this much-better-than-critics-would-have-you-believe story of heartbreak, addiction, and redemption, that stars Gwyneth Paltrow as an emotionally troubled, country music superstar – a recovering alcoholic attempting to make a comeback, after a disastrous, very public meltdown. While Patrow does a fine job as the emotionally unstable superstar, it […]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway star in this romantic dramedy about a drug rep and a woman with Parkinson’s disease who fall in love in 1990’s Pittsburgh. Other than a few predictable, cheap laughs, it was a surprisingly raw, realistic and poignant story.
This is a very cute, current and cleverly-written take on The Scarlet Letter with a twist – charming Emma Stone only pretends to sleep with her nerdy classmates to help boost their reputations… at the expense of hers. Patricia Clarkson steals the show as her very cool and funny mom in a movie filled with […]
This Disney film is about horse racing’s fastest and most famous triple crown winner, who in 1973 became the first Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting records in all three races, two of which (the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes) STILL stand today. Secretariat is the rousing story of the greatest racehorse that […]
Jessica Chastain stars in this Guillermo Del Toro creepfest about a couple of young girls who, after being stranded in a remote cabin long enough to become feral, are rescued and returned to civilization – along with the dark entity that had protected them. The film has some truly great, scary moments and could have […]
This sequel to 2011’s “Thor” is best summed up as a modern day, big budget version of the iconic Saturday morning matinee. Despite a predictable, and at times, utterly ridiculous story, it has plenty of action and laughs to keep it entertaining, and Chris Hemsworth is excellent as our Marvel comic character who again saves […]
In this true story about the onset of AIDS in the mid-1980s, Matthew McConaughey is homophobic redneck Ron Woodroof, a Texas cowboy who, out of desperation, saves his own life with alternative treatments in Mexico when he discovers he is HIV positive and has only a month to live. With the help of an unlikely […]
Thanks to this expertly directed and acted nail-biter, we can now truly appreciate that drug-addled, machine-gun toting Somali pirates truly are one of life’s top ten “things to avoid.” Controversy aside (crew members from the cargo ship claim the real Phillips was an arrogant, reckless captain who knowingly led them off course and into danger […]
This is the incredible true story of Philomena Lee, one of thousands of unwed teenage mothers in 1950s Ireland whose young children were taken from them by the Catholic Church and sold to rich Catholics in America. Judi Dench is phenomenal as the unintentionally funny and sweet-natured Philomena, whose futile, decades-long search for her son […]
In this unique film, which is scant on dialogue but loaded with symbolism, a solo adventurer (Robert Redford) finds himself struggling to overcome increasingly dire circumstances after an accident damages his sailboat in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Redford is riveting as the film cycles through moments of white-knuckle terror, dread and tedium. Despite […]