The Family McMullen
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
Champagne Problems
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
Nouvelle Vague
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
Frankenstein
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
The Woman in Cabin 10
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
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
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
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
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
My Mother’s Wedding
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
Superman
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
The Map that Leads to You
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
Shark Whisperer
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
Materialists
Synopsis: A matchmaker entertains the possibility of a relationship with a new man, or her ex. In art and entertainment, there are serious and unserious takes on single women’s lives. … Continue Reading Materialists
The Life of Chuck
Synopsis: At what seems like the beginning of the apocalypse, we examine a man’s life from beginning to present day. The Life of Chuck is full of contradictions: depressing, yet … Continue Reading The Life of Chuck
Our Times
Synopsis: Two married physicists in Mexico City invent a time machine and travel from 1966 to 2025. Original title in Spanish: Nuestro Tiempo Would you leave all you know and everyone you … Continue Reading Our Times
Sinners
Synopsis: Brothers in the 1930’s Deep South of America open up a Blues club. Things get scary. It wasn’t enough that director Ryan Coogler cast Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013), … Continue Reading Sinners
Bonjour Tristesse
Synopsis: Teen girl spends the summer in the South of France. She likes her dad’s houseguest; then she doesn’t. What does buttered toast mean? It means something in Bonjour Tristesse beyond … Continue Reading Bonjour Tristesse
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