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At the end of director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s film about Amy Winehouse I felt as I did way back in 1979 at the conclusion of the film loosely based on Janis Joplin, The Rose—”Wow, what a mess, a tragedy of so much talent wasted by alcohol and drug addiction!” Unfortunately, the story of Amy Winehouse follows …
The biopic covers the ups & downs of the life of Aretha Franklin from age 10 through her recording of her most popular album “Amazing Grace.”
Black Helen lives in Louisiana where she has more than she can handle–heal her mangy dog, as well as her pastor & jobless son, both men addicted to alcohol, plus her grandson being abused.
The story of how Bobbi Jo Reed rose from despairing addict to found “Healing House” & why 8000 Kansas City recovering addicts call her “Mom.”
An unstable woman drinking vodka rides back & forth on a Long Island commuter train always looking for the same house where she spies woman, who one night disappears.
Walt Disney goes all out to persuade P.L. Travers to let him film her Mary Poppins. Afraid that he will ruin her work by making it too cute, she resists.
When a father keeps trying to walk to Nebraska to claim a prize, a son, unable to convince him that it is a scam, decides to drive him there. Rich in humor.