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
Caught on video the well-reviewed Kristen Wiig / Bill Hader drama/comedy The Skeleton Twins… a film about a couple messed up, distant, but loving fraternal twins who are vaguely suicidal, mostly unhappy, and they reunite after ten years of living … Continue reading
Hunger Games Part 3: Mockingjay Part 1 is a curiously structured film for Hollywood blockbuster entertainment. But, to be fair, parts 1 and 2 were as well. First half of the first two are weird publicity tours full of image … Continue reading
Caught the jazz drummer college movie Whiplash… about a young guy trying to become the best jazz drummer he can and the insane professor/conductor who makes his life hell. It’s about what it takes to take a good player and … Continue reading
Big Hero 6 is Disney’s new animated movie based on an apparently obscure Marvel comic book of the same name… and it’s really quite good. It’s not amazing but I was never bored by it, I laughed quite a bit, … Continue reading
Caught The Hundred-Foot Journey at the movies today – a sweet, funny, gentle flick about an Indian family who opens a restaurant across the street from a stuffy French restaurant (with one Michelin star!) and the personality and cooking conflicts … Continue reading
So, the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie is the latest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has loose ties to The Avengers and Thor 2 (at the very least) but is largely a stand-alone movie that will likely intersect … Continue reading
The Purge: Anarchy is the far superior sequel to the disappointing The Purge from last year. This series of movies has an interesting idea: in America, all crime is legal for one night of the year – the stated goal … Continue reading