comedy

7.5

Fine Performance By Sally Field!

Hello, My Name is Doris

Mar 30, 2016Comments off

It’s been about 20 years since Sally Field had a leading role, and it’s sure nice to see her again.  I had forgotten what a

7

First Hour Interesting But Then Tails Off

Diary of a Teenage Girl – Netflix DVD

Jan 28, 2016Comments off

This film has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, was on numerous indie best 10 lists, and one of my closest friends thought it was

8.5

Deserves an AW Nomination for Best Picture!

The Big Short

Dec 28, 2015Comments off

This is easily one of the Top 5 movies of 2015 and worthy of a Best Picture AW nomination.  It is a MUST SEE! Co-written

7

Amusing And Thought-Provoking!

Hector and the Search for Happiness –...

Dec 15, 2015Comments off

Renting this movie won’t increase your baseline level of happiness, but it’s a solid rental.  It doesn’t offer any new insights concerning whether happiness is

8

A Funny Movie with Depth!

Meet the Patels

Oct 25, 2015Comments off

29-year-old Ravi Patel and his older sister, Geeta, are first generation Asian Indians.  (In India, the last name Patel is like Smith in the US.)

7.5

Fun Summer Action Movie!

The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Sep 24, 2015Comments off

This film is set in the early 1960’s during the Kennedy administration at the peak of the cold war. Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) is the

7

Tomlin Shines But Script Lets Her Down

Grandma

Sep 20, 2015Comments off

Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin), an elderly poet and retired college professor, is a widow still adjusting to the recent death of Violet, her partner of

7

Enjoyable comedy!

At Middleton – Netfilx DVD

Sep 17, 2015Comments off

If you are at the stage of life where you are dropping off your children at college or taking them on a tour of different

7.5

A Funny and Amusing Film!

Mistress America

Sep 07, 2015Comments off

This film is co-written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. I enjoyed Baumbach’s most recent film, “While We’re Young,” and I liked this one too.

8.5

A Must See!

Inside Out

Aug 02, 2015Comments off

This is one of the best animated films I have ever seen, ranking right up there with the Toy Story Trilogy and Shrek!  Although children