Finding the Humor in Every Movie
Synopsis: A baby tells us of her life in Japan. Don’t you feel dumb when a baby lectures you in metaphysics and you can’t understand the concepts? I don’t know … Continue Reading Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Synopsis: A woman and her two daughters scrape by in Taipei. The kindergartener is admonished by her grandfather for using her left hand; she begins to find fault in herself … Continue Reading Left-Handed Girl
Synopsis: The story of a man’s life in the early 1900’s Pacific Northwest. While working as a logger his life yields losses and rewards. Ah, beautiful wilderness. Robert Granier (Joel … Continue Reading Train Dreams
Synopsis: Entry #3 in the Knives Out mystery series. Benoit Blanc is back to solve a very tricksy mystery. First off, I do not like the morbid title. But since I know … Continue Reading Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Synopsis: An aging American movie star looks back on his career and personal life choices as he travels to a tribute for him in Italy. I’m crazy about movies with … Continue Reading Jay Kelly
Synopsis: A follow-up to the 1995 movie, The Brothers McMullen, which followed the love lives of three twenty-something Irish Catholic brothers. Now one of the brothers has family moving in … Continue Reading The Family McMullen
S Synopsis: An American woman goes to Paris on business and meets a charming Frenchman at a bookstore. First off, nice job with the title. Naming a movie after a … Continue Reading Champagne Problems
Synopsis: A recreation of the shooting of Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave classic, Breathless/ À bout de souffle. I’m not sure if Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague is art imitating life or … Continue Reading Nouvelle Vague
Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the classic Mary Shelley novel. Bring on the Gothic… Storms. Gloom. Tragedy. A threatening man or two. A resourceful damsel. Real or imagined monster/ghost. Isolated … Continue Reading Frankenstein
Synopsis: A journalist covering an event on a luxury yacht becomes convinced that she’s seen a body thrown overboard. Ah, the pleasure of spending 90 minutes fill in the blank. 90 minutes … Continue Reading The Woman in Cabin 10
Synopsis: Interviews with Märtha Louise and Durek Verret about their relationship. ML is a princess, the daughter of King Harald V of Norway. DV, an American, is a self-professed shaman. … Continue Reading Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
Synopsis: Based on Alexandra Fuller’s memoir recounting her childhood in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe during the Rhodesian Civil War in the late 1970’s. Many kids would choose spending their days in perpetual summer … Continue Reading Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Synopsis: Three sisters gather for their twice-widowed mother’s wedding. Tensions arise on the wedding day and secrets come out. When characters remind each other to behave at an upcoming wedding, … Continue Reading My Mother’s Wedding
Synopsis: Metropolis’ hero, Superman, has plenty of battles to keep our planet safe. He’s joined in his efforts by girlfriend, Lois Lane and superdog, Krypto. Superman made his comic book … Continue Reading Superman
Synopsis: A couple of 20-somethings meet on a train in Europe & end up traveling together. Love and complications follow. The Map that Leads to You could be called Before Sunrise … Continue Reading The Map that Leads to You
Synopsis: Ocean Ramsey swims with sharks, and advocates for laws to protect them. Would you watch a documentary called Squirrel Whisperer? I would. Squirrels are jerky and jittery critters, so it … Continue Reading Shark Whisperer
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