F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, ?Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.? That pretty well sums up the thesis of Beatriz at Dinner. I?ve read some reviewers who call this the first film to deal with the Trump era. There are certainly...
It?s not unusual for me to go to a Disney/Pixar animation film and be more impressed with the short that plays before the feature than the feature itself. That is certainly true of Lou, which plays before Cars 3. I thought Cars 3 was very well done with important...
Fans of mild slapstick will be attracted to Lost in Paris. It is the work of Belgian comedy team of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. They bring a burlesque visual sensibility to their work. The film is made up of three conjoined stories. When Canadian librarian Fiona...
In the worldwide banking crisis of 2008, many big banks (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo among them) were committing fraud in the mortgage market. They paid fines, but they also got massive taxpayer-funded bailouts because they were ?too big to...
?They?re not even dogs anymore; they?re warriors. And they come back with all the same issues we do.? Based on a true story, Megan Leavey is a story of warriors?a Marine and her dog. But it is more than a war story. It is the story of a struggle to find one?s place in...
Two lives are torn apart by a catastrophic event. When two airliners collide in midair killing everyone on both planes, Roman Melnyk (Arnold Schwarzenegger) loses his wife and daughter. For air-traffic controller Jacob Bonanos (Scoot McNairy) who was on duty when the...
?Who hasn?t had the urge to put their life on hold for a moment?? Based on an E. L. Doctorow short story, Wakefield is not just an engaging story, but a man?s spiritual journey of growth and discovery. It serves as a critique of modern life and our assumptions about...
?I have a better ending in mind.? What makes a film frightening? Is it a monster or sudden noises? Those can get the adrenaline flowing. But to really get people, you have to go for their minds. Black Butterfly seeks to create a story that pulls us in with the mind...
?Are all pirates this stupid?? It?s been six years since the last installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. (Tell the truth: did you miss it?) Captain Jack Sparrow et al. are back in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with the same mixture...