The Theory of Everything (2014)
‘Theory of Everything’ shows how powerful and noble the human spirit can be, despite disabilities. To read my entire review, click on the movie title.
‘Theory of Everything’ shows how powerful and noble the human spirit can be, despite disabilities. To read my entire review, click on the movie title.
Inside: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,The Theory of Everything, Rosewater, Birdman, Whiplash, Low Down, Interstellar, Big Hero 6, Before I Go to Sleep, T. Hobbit: The Battle of the five Armies, Diplomacy, Citizenfour, Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me, and more.
In this account of the 1862 balloon flight that set a world altitude record for many decades, one of the areonauts is depicted as a woman.
The little known story of The Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is told, from his study with Cambridge’s Prof. Hardy during WW 1 to his early death back in India in 1920.
Like most viewers I was both happy and disappointed with the winners at the 86th Academy Award ceremony. Let’s begin with the “happy” choices. My biggest thrill was the choice of and performance of the “Best Song,” “Glory.” As I wrote in my review of Selma,” I don’t know how the film will fare …
Click onto a title to read a much longer review. Diplomacy Not Rated. Genesis 22:9-12. The filmmakers effectively open up a stage play that condenses into one night a series of confrontations between two strong-willed men in Paris during August of 1944. The men are General Dietrich von Choltitz, the recently arrived Nazi governor of …
Director Lee Isaac Chung’s disaster film is about as thrilling as it can get, far more entertaining than a screen full of wisecracking Marvel superheroes. Its love story is predictable, though be forewarned to watch closely the last scene where it diverges from the usual romantic pattern. Though following in the path of Jan de …
A smug New Yorker travels to west Texas to attend the funeral of a girl he barely knew & finds all his stereotypes challenged by her family.
Terrific movie set in a small town. Click the headline to read my entire review.
At he end of Roger’s and my first day in Shaw I describe our Shaw “home” and part of our second day there. Monday, Aug. 10 I must describe “home.” It is a lovely old white – or once was–a wooden structure. The lumber must have been milled in Reconstruction days judging by the appearance of it. The front porch …
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