An engaging and throughly entertaining remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic Western about a pig-headed girl with pigtails seeking revenge for her father’s killing by hiring a hard drinking U.S. marshall to go after her father’s killer into the Indian Nations. The Western captures the harshness and brutality of life in America in the […]
This disaster thriller is based on the historic 1952 real life rescue of the crew of an oil tanker that split in half during a gigantic storm off the coast of Cape Cod, which to this day is STILL the Coast Guard’s largest and most daring small boat rescue in U.S. history. I must admit, […]
For a flick aimed at promoting a fresh voice for feminism and independence, this rom-com produced by Drew Barrymore sure is a predictable paint by the numbers affair. Three of the four leads, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie and Leslie Mann, crank out enough laughs to keep it mildly entertaining – Dakota Johnson, not so much. […]
A couple of cowboys strike up a romance one drunken night in 1963, while watching over sheep on a remote mountain in Wyoming, sparking a 20 year love affair as each juggles marriages, children and jobs with their periodic liaisons on remote camping trips. Director Ang Lee’s adaptation of the short story by Annie Proulx […]
Kristen Wiig co-wrote this story of Annie, a single, out of work bakery chef in the throes of a life slump. But when best friend Lillian announces she is getting married, Annie goes through motions as the Maid of Honor, until one of Lillian’s wealthier, bossy friends (Rose Byrne) threatens to displace her. Director Paul […]
At first glance, this looks like your standard, sweet, coming of age movie about a shy, quirky high school freshman who finds his niche among a group of welcoming misfits. But it is way more than that, artfully maneuvering through such heavy topics as sexual abuse, depression, homophobia, and bullying – and all in a […]
This is, without a doubt, one of the most visually spectacular sci-fi movies ever made. Despite all its hype as an “Alien” prequel, the story really is much more. Noomi Rapace is the head of a scientific expedition searching for the origins of humanity, that instead, finds quite the horrific mess on a planet far, […]
Daniel Day-Lewis almost certainly has nabbed an Oscar hat trick for his amazing performance as one of America’s most beloved presidents. The Steven Spielberg film covers the last months of Lincoln’s life, when Lincoln won Congressional approval of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery and ended the Civil War. Although the movie is slow in spots, […]
This true story, about a couple and their three young children who were caught in the epic 2004 post-Christmas Day tsunami in Thailand, is the first disaster movie in recent memory that was so raw and straightforwardly realistic that you will actually feel like you are there. The terror, the surrealness of the disaster and […]
Despite a story that, at times, meanders and loses its audience, the riveting, intense payoff is still worth the two-and-a-half hour wait in this tale about the slaying of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden. Jessica Chastain is intense in her portrayal of a CIA agent who dedicated her career to hunting Bin Laden (The character […]