Went to see Race, the new flick about how Jessie Owens went to the 1936 Olympics and punched Hitler in the eye. Metaphorically. This is a good (but not great) movie that’s just as much about those Berlin Olympics as … Continue reading
Got out to see Joy, the new Jennifer Lawrence movie directed by David O. Russel (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and other oddities). This is one of the best films about selling mops that I’ve ever seen. Didn’t know that … Continue reading
Also caught Trumbo, the new biopic about Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood writers brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s and then black-listed. He wrote such films as Johnny Got His Gun, Roman Holiday, and Spartacus… … Continue reading
The new Steve Jobs movie starring Michael Fassbender as Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Danny Boyle is a pretty artificial movie bordering on not being a movie at all and is pretty amazing. What I mean is … Continue reading
Checked out The Walk, the true story about a crazy French high-wire walker (played by Joseph Gordon Levitt) who, in 1974, strings a wire between the towers of the World Trade Center and walks it. Illegally. This is a good … Continue reading
Straight Outta Compton is the music biopic of N.W.A, set in the late 80s and early 90s. It shows how Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Easy E came off the streets and brought them along as they introduced gangsta rap … Continue reading
Checked out Angelina Jolie’s 2nd directorial effort – Unbroken – the true story of Louis Zamporini, a man who grew up during the Great Depression, ran track during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, became a Pacific Theater bombardier, ultimately crashed into … Continue reading
Checked out the movie The Imitation Game – the new (mostly) true story about Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his team that broke the Nazi enigma code during World War II. I say mostly true because of some things I … Continue reading
So caught the new Reese Witherspoon movie Wild, based on the real life memoir of Cheryl Stayed who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail in the 90s. This movie is getting some pretty great reviews and it’s a good movie, though … Continue reading
The new Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything opened a little wider this weekend and I caught it. It’s the life story – largely focused on his romance and marriage – of Hawking and his wife Jane. It’s an … Continue reading