Reviews

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 […]

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 […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK.  This is an unashamed tear jerking love story and it’s the best one since Love Story. At the end, plan to wipe your eyes and smile. Mel Gibson carries off his role as 1939 pilot Daniel McCormick with innocence and a dash of romantic World War II hero. Back […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. If baseball has a touch of magic The Rookie gives evidence to the phenomenon as two catholic nuns begin the story in the dry west Texas town of Big Lake where oil riggers played baseball to pass the time at the turn of the century. Dennis Quaid’s Jim Morris, the […]

FEEL GOOD FILM FOR THIS VIRUS WEEK. Frank Capra would have been pleased with this one. What would you do if you suddenly became President of the United States and you had no obligations to anyone? Only Gerry Ford in modern times entered the presidency without playing the role of raising money and incurring debts […]