The Ballad of Left Brown – Clich? Western Rides Again
There?s a new Western in town: The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Once upon a time Westerns were a staple of the movie industry. Now when one comes out they create a bit of nostalgia.
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Ethel & Ernest – Extraordinary Ordinariness
?There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad. Nothing dramatic. . .. But they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book.? British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs told his parent?s very ordinary story in a graphic novel, Ethel & Ernest, which has now been made into an…
What Will People Say – Culture Clash
What Will People Say was one of my favorite films at AFIFest this year. I wasn?t alone in my estimation of the work; it also won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs section. It is a powerful and engaging film in which two different value systems collide within the life of a teenager as she grows up with connection to two cultures.
Game of Thrones – Season 7: Divided We Stand?
Winter has come. In the seventh season of HBO’s?Game of Thrones, which may be the most addictive television show of all time (at least, since?Lost), the separate worlds held apart by power, water, and dragons finally crash together in an explosive penultimate season in George R.R. Martin’s wickedly created series. Now available on Blu-ray, DVD,…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi -The Force of Hope
Ever since the Star Wars series began with what was later named A New Hope, the Force has been the main spiritual aspect of the series. It has a very mystical element.?
Just Getting Started: It’s Never Too Late
Just Getting Started tells the story of Duke Diver (Morgan Freeman), a lovable hustler in the Villa Capri retirement home in Sarasota, Florida. The manager of Villa Capri, Duke?s desire is to forget about his past and make life one big party for himself and his residents. However, when a mysterious stranger named Leo (Tommy…
Godless: Goode vs Evil (and Jeff Daniels)
The demise of the Western has been greatly exaggerated. But in one seven-episode swoop, writer/director/creator Scott Frank has brought back the greatest of American cinematic icons on the small screen. Starring Jeff Daniels as the nastiest villain anyone has cooked up in awhile, and telling the tale of a female-only town,?Godless?has a wonderful, dreadful story…
I, Tonya – Whose Truth?
When I saw this film at AFI Fest, it played to a packed house. It wasn?t one of the films I was especially looking forward to. But I found it enjoyable in the absurd humor and the idiocy of the characters.
Home Again: Can You Find Home … Again?
Alice Kinney (Reese Witherspoon) needs a reboot and gets the fresh start she never expected in?Home Again, a comedy-drama that marks the debut of writer/director?Hallie Meyers-Shyer. Meyer-Shyer is the daughter of writer/directors Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers (Father of the Bride,?The Parent Trap,?What Women Want), continuing in making films that entertain and point an ironic…
The Long Road Home Ep. 5: Choices
The choices we make compose the fabric of our lives. We should make them wisely.