Finding the Humor in Every Movie
Synopsis: Max and Furiosa motor across a post-apocalyptic land with enslaved women they’ve rescued from a warlord whose murderous gang is in pursuit. In director George Miller’s dazzling action … Continue Reading Mad Max: Fury Road
Synopsis: Mountaineers are slammed by a devastating storm on Mount Everest. Brace yourself for Everest. Even on a good day, mountaineers die on the world’s tallest mountain and … Continue Reading Everest
Synopsis: A Frenchman high wire walks between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. I have a sensible fear of heights. For example, while I would be a window … Continue Reading The Walk
Synopsis: Joy, an inventor and entrepreneur, strives for success while raising her children and contending with her extended family. Loosely based on Joy Mangano and the invention that got … Continue Reading Joy
Synopsis: After a mega earthquake in Cali, The Rock rushes to his teenage daughter’s rescue, helping people and doing cool stuff along the way. Thank you, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson … Continue Reading San Andreas
Synopsis: Adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Has anyone on the planet missed the relentless barrage of advertising and marketing for the latest Star Wars movie? The tie-ins … Continue Reading Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Synopsis: Bond zips around the world to uncover the meaning of the acronym SPECTRE Director Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig as James Bond check all of the expected items on … Continue Reading Spectre
Synopsis: A young Irish woman emigrates to Brooklyn in the pre-hipster 1950s. Brooklyn is not the story of hipsters in the ascendant New York City borough. Instead it gives … Continue Reading Brooklyn
Synopsis: The Boston Globe’s investigative journalists uncover widespread child molestation by Catholic priests and prove Church leaders were aware of the ongoing crimes. Spotlight is about a newspaper investigation and … Continue Reading Spotlight
If I had to choose someone to play me in a film– or to play any human– I would choose Daniel Day-Lewis. Words fail to articulate the depth and breadth … Continue Reading Daniel Day-Lewis Tribute
Synopsis: Dinos run amok at their theme park habitat Jurassic World, the fourth installment in the Jurassic movie series, continues the saga of hubristic jailers (humans) and their innocent prisoners … Continue Reading Jurassic World
Ode to a Kate Upon the Titanic you set sail with your beloved Jack Twas a tremendous fail Round your neck, The Heart of the … Continue Reading Kate Winslet Tribute
Synopsis: At the close of the 19th century, a young American woman falls for a mysterious Englishman. When she returns with him and his sister to their childhood home, … Continue Reading Crimson Peak
Synopsis: Based on the true story of an American lawyer who travels to Berlin during the Cold War on a secret diplomatic mission to arrange the swap of a Soviet … Continue Reading Bridge of Spies
Synopsis: After a manned mission to Mars goes awry, an astronaut, presumed dead, is left behind. He must find a way to survive until a possible rescue attempt. Outer space … Continue Reading The Martian
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