EARLY OSCAR RESULTS: BEST ACTOR
Nov 17
2011
Nov 09
2011
MOVIE REVIEW: J.EDGAR
J.EDGAR-- Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort--is a mess from every point of view with the exception of Leonardo DiCaprio. He is one brave actor. As J. Edgar Hoover-- the creator and first chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-- DiCaprio survives despite layers of makeup, a melodramatic jumble of a script, bad accents, and tonal [...]
Nov 02
2011
MOVIE REVIEW: MARGIN CALL
I've been without power for three days and could barely wait to post this-- I finally saw one of the BEST MOVIES out there right now: MARGIN CALL which portrays a long hard day in the life of an investment banking house -- not just any day-- the day in September 2008 when all the financial houses [...]
Oct 22
2011
MOVIE REVIEW AND Q&A: Elizabeth Olsen on MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
IT JUST OPENED! Don't miss MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, a dark and unrelenting psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen--younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley. If her performance here as a traumatized cult survivor is any indication, Elizabeth will henceforth stand on her own merit. The 23 year-old Olsen is built for screen stardom; lean yet [...]
Oct 02
2011
MOVIE REVIEW: 50/50! PLUS– MY FALL MOVIE PREVIEW!
I just became a contributor to EXHALE magazine and here's my first article all about the Fall Movie Season beginning with 50/50! (Ironically I am also a 3X cancer survivor, and am the subject of a separate feature story in the same issue of EXHALE about that experience.) Now that the car crashes of summer [...]
Sep 29
2011
MOVIE: MONEYBALL
Perhaps the Red Sox should take a break, take a field trip, and see if the solution to their colossal and historic implosion can be found at the movies in the entertaining new film MONEYBALL. The movie champions those who challenge the conventional wisdom -- the ho-hummers who always say, "But that's how we've always done [...]
Aug 23
2011
MOVIE:SARAH’S KEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AmxnNxiNWA&feature=player_embedded Who could make up a tale like this? Who ever heard of a locked door that no one was curious enough to open? Who ever heard of a man on his deathbed suddenly leaping out of that bed and producing a document that clears up all the family mysteries? Who ever heard of creating [...]
Aug 14
2011
MOVIE: THE HELP
I loved the book. Couldn't wait to see the movie. The trailer gave me pause--nothing subtle here and that proved to be true. It's more pat and somehow smaller than Kathryn Stockett's bestselling novel, but it's an engaging, if candy-coated take on the social milieu of a very American group of characters on the cusp [...]
Jul 15
2011
MOVIE: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
I saw it 4 nights ago, and as I emerged from the theater I heard a sniffling 17 year old girl in Potter garb exclaim through her tears, "My childhood is over and nobody cares." That sums up the fantastically successful Harry Potter series for a generation of fans who came of age along with [...]
Jul 01
2011
MOVIE: LARRY CROWNE
The studios have spat out another summer comedy with two big stars: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in LARRY CROWNE. The stars can't steer this sappy, poorly executed, and ill-conceived hunk of nonsense-- penned by Hanks and Nia (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING) Vardalos-- away from the fate it deserves: oblivion. Hanks cheerfully condescends to [...]