Hit Man
Synopsis: A professor becomes a fake hit man for police stings. How malleable is personality? It’s a question that Professor Gary Johnson asks himself and his students. He expounds on … Continue Reading Hit Man
Challengers
Synopsis: A love/lust triangle among tennis players. Challengers is the Zendaya Tennis Movie. The “plot” of Challengers is basically how much verbal abuse two guys will put up with to have sex … Continue Reading Challengers
The Fall Guy
Synopsis: Former stuntman gets hired to track down a wayward movie star. Perfect casting. That would be Ryan Gosling as stuntman Colt Seavers. In real life, a person as good … Continue Reading The Fall Guy
The Idea of You
Synopsis: Just-turned-40 single woman meets a 20-something boy bander who wants to date her. (Streaming on Prime Video) Is a forty-year-old woman dateable? Yes! In The Idea of You a forty-year-old woman … Continue Reading The Idea of You
Strange Way of Life
Synopsis: Two cowboys in the early 1900’s meet again after years apart. Romance might reignite, but their missions take them in opposite directions. (Short film, 30 minutes) “Strange Way of Life” is … Continue Reading Strange Way of Life
Suzume
Synopsis: In an animated film, a girl must stop earthquakes. ‘Suzume’ upends everything we think we know about earthquakes. I’m supposing your word association for earthquakes might include seismographs and tectonic … Continue Reading Suzume
The Zone of Interest
Synopsis: The Nazi commandant of Auschwitz and his family live next door to the concentration camp. Picture a family situated in sylvan countryside. A prosperous 20th Century family hikes to … Continue Reading The Zone of Interest
The Taste of Things
Synopsis: In 1889 France, a food-lover and his chef perfect cuisine. And maybe they love each other. (Streaming on Amazon) How did the French get to haute cuisine? I mean … Continue Reading The Taste of Things
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Synopsis: A prequel to The Hunger Games, featuring a teen future tyrant and the woman he champions. (Streaming on Amazon) So many Young Adult books center on learning life lessons in spite … Continue Reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Anyone but You
Synopsis: A man and woman, who had one date, hate each other after a misunderstanding and part ways. Months later they find themselves as guests at a destination wedding. Shakespeare’s Much … Continue Reading Anyone but You
American Fiction
Synopsis: An author of literary books writes a trashy book as a joke. It becomes a bestseller. (Streaming on Amazon Prime) Is a book written by a Black author a Black … Continue Reading American Fiction
Poor Things
Synopsis: Newborn woman explores the world and discovers herself. (Available on Amazon as of February 2024) Brace yourself. Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and collaborator Emma Stone, as Bella Baxter, present a gruesome … Continue Reading Poor Things
Anatomy of a Fall
Synopsis: A man is found dead below a house’s attic window. His wife says she was asleep at the time of the incident. Was it suicide, an accident or murder? … Continue Reading Anatomy of a Fall
Saltburn
Synopsis: A poor outsider gets taken in by a popular student at Oxford. A strange and dangerous summer ensues. (Streaming on Amazon as of January 2024) We don’t really need another … Continue Reading Saltburn
Maestro
Synopsis: An examination of composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein’s work and marriage to Felicia Montealegre. (In theaters and streaming on Netflix as of December 2023) Maestro, featuring Bradley Cooper as 20th Century … Continue Reading Maestro
The Boy and the Heron
Synopsis: Hayao Miyazaki spins a tale of a boy’s life during wartime and the bizarre fantasy land he enters to cope with the loss of his mother. Set for a … Continue Reading The Boy and the Heron
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