January 2015 Journal
Inside: Unbroken, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, Annie, Big Eyes, Wild, Into the Woods, The Homesman, The Babadook, and much more.
Café Society (2016)
Young Bobby visits his big time agent Uncle Phil, finding work but when he is disappointed in love, he returns to New York to become a successful managerof the night club owned by his gangster older brother.
A Bigger Splash (2015)
On an Italian island where she is recuperating from an operation to save her voice rock star Marianne & her lover Paul resent the intrusion of former manager Harry into their lives, his agenda being to win her back.
An Evening With A Broadway/Film Actress
The actress in question is two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones. She has the small role of a TV news executive near the end of Tina Fey’s new film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. The evening our conversation took place, we were in the Catskills “metropolis” (population, c. 70) of Bovina Center in the last part of …
The Walk (2015)
This is the true story of the French high wire artist who made the daring walk on a wire stretched between the World Trade Towers in 1974.
The Martian (2015)
Delightful. Well researched. I give this new film 5 out of 5 stars. Click the photo to read my entire review.
Stonewall (2015)
The historic 1969 uprising of the LGBT community at NYC’s Stonewall Inn is told through the fictional story of a naïve HS senior kicked out by his father.
American Ultra (2015)
American Ultra should add Violence to its title in this tale about a young WV stoner unaware that a past CIA experiment turned him into a super killer.
The Gunman (2015)
A hit man turning over a new leaf discovers in Africa that now he is targeted, so his search takes him to London & Spain where he discovers his old flame.
Cinderella (2015)
Kenneth Brannagh and Lily James of ‘Downton’ give us a wonderfully romantic new Cinderella. Click to read my entire review.