Send Help
Synopsis: A boss and a mistreated employee are marooned on a deserted island. Send Help is a stranded-on-an-island story. For most of humans’ existence people had passed-down knowledge of how … Continue Reading Send Help
The Testament of Ann Lee
Amanda Seyfried stars as Ann Lee, an Eighteenth Century Englishwoman who founded the Shakers, a Christian group. From a young age she had religious visions. As a young woman she … Continue Reading The Testament of Ann Lee
Hamnet
I haven’t read Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet,” in spite of the excellent reviews. The book is an imagining of Shakespeare’s inspiration for Hamlet; the death of his son Hamnet. Too sad. … Continue Reading Hamnet
Left-Handed Girl
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
Train Dreams
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
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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
Jay Kelly
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
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
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
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
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
A Real Pain
Synopsis: Cousins go to Poland to visit the village of their Holocaust-survivor grandmother. The two guys bond and bicker. Behold the group tour and its age-old rules… the tour guide, … Continue Reading A Real Pain
Flow
F Synopsis: A cat survives in the aftermath of a flood. The cat finds him/herself on a boat with several other animals. As a generalization, house cats do not … Continue Reading Flow
Anora
Synopsis: An NYC sex worker meets up with a Russian oligarch’s son Anora is the anti-Pretty Woman. No Cinderella story, this! In 1990, Julia Roberts’ LA sex worker, Vivian, had a … Continue Reading Anora
A Quiet Place: Day One
Synopsis: An ill young woman and her cat attempt to survive an alien invasion. (Streaming on Amazon Prime) Does the cat live? That was my question for A Quiet Place: Day One. It … Continue Reading A Quiet Place: Day One
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