At first glance, you might not think this material interests you, but this one is worth watching. Boy Erased is another movie we saw at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Lucas Hedges (Ladybird, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri) was in three movies this year. So far, he seems to be an actor that […]
Read More Boy ErasedBohemian Rhapsody focuses on the life of Freddy Mercury and how the band Queen came about. Rami Malek does an excellent job in his portrayal of the insecure Mercury trying to come to terms with himself. Lucy Boynton is adorable as Mary Austin his lifelong friend and anchor. Allen Leech was surprising as Paul Prenter, […]
Read More Bohemian RhapsodyTimothée Chalamet (Lady Bird, Hostiles, Call Me By Your Name) and Steve Carell are excellent in Beautiful Boy. This is a very difficult story about drug abuse, it’s effect on the user and the people around them. David Sheff (Carell) does a great deal of research on the effects of crystal meth on the human […]
Read More Beautiful BoySo many of us remember when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, First Man tells another part of the story. Ryan Gosling portrays Armstrong as a very stoic, distant man with a mission. People who have goals like these are probably usually not as emotional as the rest of us. Claire Foy’s reveals Janet Armstrong […]
Read More First ManWe saw White Boy Rick on Day 9 of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. We did not have any talent at our screening, so we did not get to see a Q & A. This is a cautionary tale of a life gone wrong and a young man that appears to have been failed […]
Read More White Boy RickI saw Blackkklansmen at the Bangor Mall Cinema 10 in Bangor, ME. It is a nice theater with recliners. John David Washington, son of Denzel, plays Ron Stallworth. I thought he was very stilted and uncomfortable in the beginning, but he loosened up. Maybe he was supposed to be that self-conscious since he was the […]
Read More BlackkklansmanWe saw Colette at Sundance this spring. It is also screening at TIFF 2018. It is a biopic about the early life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a Pulitzer prize nominated author. It portrays her family life in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, in Burgundy France and her married life in Paris. At the age of 20 she marries Henry Gauthier-Villars, […]
Read More ColetteBlaze Foley (Ben Dickey) wanted to be a legend, not just a star. This film could make him the legend he always wanted to be. So why did he sabotage his life? Isn’t this the question asked of all with mental illness and addiction? The story of Blaze’s life is told through the framework of […]
Read More BlazeOur friend, Ranjana Chopra, recently invited us to see an Indian movie in her lovely home. We chose Dangal, a biopic about Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters, Geeta and Babita. Mahavir (Aamir Khan) is a former wrestler who had to forego his sport to support his family. Even though he is living out his […]
Read More DangalWe have been stalking Mary Shelley on IMDB since we stood in a rush line at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. It is now streaming on Amazon Prime (pay per view). This is a movie about a lonely young girl, brought up by her socially broadminded widowed father. Missing her mother, she is […]
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