A once-in-a-generation Broadway musical is a filmed stag show helmed by its original director Thomas Kail that is a powerfully intimate, if not o timely transfer by a notable streaming service. Hamilton lets the viewer see what Lin-Manuel Miranda made so revolutionary and cutting-edge in its preferred medium beginning five years ago at the Richard […]
Reviews
Apollo 13
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. This is magnificent, spellbinding entertainment. The true story of the failed Apollo 13 mission is crafted and formed so well by Director Ron Howard he can’t miss being nominated for an Academy Award. When a film goes over the two hour mark there are usually low points and […]
October Sky
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. In October of 1957 the Soviet Sputnik became the first man made satellite in space. Everyone looked to the sky to watch the small bright light as it flew around the Earth at seventeen thousand five hundred miles per hour. Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal), and his three friends […]
Millions
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. A lightweight, often charming take on the old Richard Pryor/John Candy film Brewster’s Millions with a child like sensibility is Millions, directed by Danny Boyle. Some audiences will have a little trouble with some of the British accents, especially younger ones. Boyle, after his apocalyptic zombie world 28 Days Later, locates this […]
Clueless
FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. Far from what I expected, this is a bright, clever, funny comedy about the love trials of teenager Cher (Alicia Silverstone). Cher is Beverly Hills rich. Her father is a lawyer and a very successful one. Her mother died recently from complications of liposuction. Her mission is life […]