I Saw the Light (2016)
Two new fictionalized biographies of musicians are showing and I like them both. Click the photo to read my review of I Saw the Light.
All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
A French & a German teenager listen in 1934 to a “Professor” speak about light & 10 years later are brought together by her shortwave radio broadcasts.
Lightyear (2022)
This origin story of Andy’s favorite toy, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear, is full of thrills, good humor, & has a likable LGBTQ character.
The Lighthouse (2019)
Two men during their several months servicing a remote lighthouse not only get on each other’s nerves, but go mad as they reveal their dark pasts.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Don’t let Mel Gibson’s past behavior keep you from seeing this amazing film about WWII hero Desmond Doss. Click the image to read my entire review.
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Set in Provence, France, Woody Allen’s film explores the possibility of the supernatural when a stage magician is asked to prove a lovely medium is a fake.
Flight (2012)
R. Our ratings: V -2; L -4; S/N -5. Running time: 2 hours 18 min. Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning …
United 93 and Flight 93 (2006)
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 0; L – 4 ; S/N – 5. Running time: 1 hour 51 min. I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has …
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 4; L-3 ; S/N-1 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all; yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, young man, while …
Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980)
This is not a biography but a “perfect concert” that Hank Williams, on the night of his death in the back seat of his Cadillac, imagines he will give in a bar rather than the huge hall in Canton Ohio.