Category: family issues

Toni Erdmann and Gino Vannelli’s I Just Wanna Stop

What crazy film and music connection am I making today? Well, opening my place of work on Saturday morning meant that I could choose the Pandora Station. So Kenny Loggins it was, much to the chagrin of my co-worker, a stalwart Beatles fan. (Don’t feel too sorry for him, I let him switch by 11… Continue reading Toni Erdmann and Gino Vannelli’s I Just Wanna Stop

Howard’s End, Karma comes around

No, you did not time travel back to 1992. Sarasota’s Burns Court Cinema was playing Howard’s End last week (October 2016) because…..hmm, good question. Twenty four years isn’t actually an anniversary milestone. At any rate, I had missed this film back in ’92, probably due my consuming desire to have a baby. (I got my… Continue reading Howard’s End, Karma comes around

Menage a` Trois: two cons and an inferno

Got behind on the blog due to writing a play, titled “Thanks for Giving a Damn”, my apologies. Three flicks on tap, two about cons, one doc and the other based on a true story. First, “The JT Leroy Story” about a woman who, due to trauma either caused by or combined with sexual and… Continue reading Menage a` Trois: two cons and an inferno

Lesser not Louder

“Louder Than Bombs” would more appropriately be called “Lesser than Perfect”. Still merit worthy, Joachim Trier’s LTB stars the actor I came late to the party to-Gabriel Byrne. Stress fractured and laid up, I borrowed the since cancelled HBO series “In Treatment” and fell head over heels with the brooding Irishman. In LTB, he plays… Continue reading Lesser not Louder

Tiny T.O.Ts (Temptation of Trumbo) with their eyes all aglow

Dear Academy I know there’s a double halcyon temptation in giving Bryan Cranston the Oscar for Best Actor. First, he’s an acting genius virtually putting on a second skin to play roles such as Dalton Trumbo in Jay Roach’s TRUMBO, not to mention, he’s probably the most iconic tv character since SEINFELD in BREAKING BAD.… Continue reading Tiny T.O.Ts (Temptation of Trumbo) with their eyes all aglow

“Spotlight” on Research and Conscience

Spotlight, directed and co written by Tom McCarthy, is an important film. Period. And sometimes having a dysfunctional part of our society exposed is more important than media entertainment. In an artistic sense, “Spotlight” was ho-hum. Research and conscience do not equate great visuals. I’m sure Charlie Kaufman or PT Anderson could come up with… Continue reading “Spotlight” on Research and Conscience

Pawn Sacrifice, seats available

I saw Pawn Sacrifice a week ago, and attempted to laugh a most intellectual snicker when I heard the woman in front of me at the box office complain that now that recliners were installed ‘good’ movies are sold out. She was lucky to be saved from The Intern, subtitled DeNiro Doesn’t Care About His… Continue reading Pawn Sacrifice, seats available

Future book idea: shh, it’s a secret: “The End of the Tour”

Sadly surprisingly, when I looked up another film that helped me back in the day by Jonathan Levine called The Wackness, I saw that JL hadn’t had big big success since then…I mean, I shouldn’t judge as I didn’t see Warm Bodies, but am not a zombie fan. But much like The Wackness, James Ponsoldt’s… Continue reading Future book idea: shh, it’s a secret: “The End of the Tour”

Go Chasin Water Falls, “Straight Outta Compton”

When a two and a half hour movie goes by in a flash, you know you’ve been entertained. Straight Outta Compton directed by F Gary Gray (director of TLC’s video “Waterfalls”) was truly compelling. Perhaps this is partly due to the fact that I didn’t know the story, but the tale is inspirational in its… Continue reading Go Chasin Water Falls, “Straight Outta Compton”