Reviews

I haven’t read the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Donna Tartt that the film is based on, but it is now on my reading list. Directed by John Crowley (Brooklyn) it is about a boy, Theo Decker (Oakes Fegley) who is visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art with his mother.  A terrorist’s bomb explodes […]

Based in the popular novel by Maria Sample, Cate Blanchett plays Bernadette Fox, a Los Angeles award-winning architect who moved to Seattle with her husband Elgin (Billy Crudup) and daughter Bee (played by talented newcomer Emma  Nelson). Elgin works for Microsoft as an engineer and the move for his job is a bone of contention […]

It’s hard to imagine being 16 with your entire future ahead and because someone accuses you of something you didn’t do, your life changes forever.  Based on a true story, that’s exactly what happened to Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge Straight Outta Compton). He was a talented linebacker at a Long Beach, CA high school, when after sneaking off […]

Disney’s remake of their 1994 animated film with incredible CGI work is quite impressive.   From the moment that “Circle Of Life” blasts from the theater speakers, you know that you’re in for a treat.  Elephants, monkeys, birds and a myriad of species gather to pay respect to papa lion, Mufasa (James Earl Jones) and baby cub Simba (Daniel […]

This comedy/drama directed by Nisha Ganatra stars Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.  Thompson plays Katherine Newbury, a late night talk show host.  The show had been very popular, but has lost its relevance and is about to be cancelled by the station. Katherine books guests that she finds interesting, like Senator Diane Feinstein and historian Doris Kearns […]