It makes me a little embarrassed (though I suspect I'm not alone) to admit the first time I heard of the British women's suffrage movement was from Mary Poppins. While most will remember the scenes of Julie Andrews and her flying umbrella, the animated penguins and Dick Van Dykes' "Steppin Time," there was a subplot buried in that magnificent film, about where the children's … [Read more...] about SUFFRAGETTE New Movie Review
Jennifer Lawrence
Sign Language: It’s time for Libras to book that one-week vacation to Madagascar
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) I would say you’re one of the most compelling, wise, and intense people in the zodiac, but you’re also one of the least practical, realistic, or cautious. Believe me, I’m not a big fan of boring, safe people; that’s why I love you Scorpios. But I find you so much more interesting when one of your adventures actually grants you some powerful degree of … [Read more...] about Sign Language: It’s time for Libras to book that one-week vacation to Madagascar
Summer 2014 Movie Preview
It's been 25 years since the landmark Summer of Sequels swept America. The movie season of May-September 1989 had a then-record eight sequels in theaters (including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and created lines that famously stretched far outside the theaters. Most memorably, Bat-Mania took over the world, as Tim Burton's Batman set the standard for the Comic Book … [Read more...] about Summer 2014 Movie Preview
AMERICAN HUSTLE New Movie Review
Just one year after his wonderful, uniquely offbeat valentine, Silver Linings Playbook, director David O'Russell returns with an amusingly brash American crime film. Here's one of the year's most entertaining films, filled with full-throttle performances, giant laughs and deliciously twisty plotting. It opens with a title card that declares "Some of This Actually Happened." … [Read more...] about AMERICAN HUSTLE New Movie Review
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE New Movie Review
The new Hunger Games won me over immediately, with an opening that not only sets the scene but addresses a problem I had with the previous film. We begin with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), survivor of the kill-or-be-killed “games,” hunting in the woods. She kills an animal with her bow and, for a moment, hallucinates that she’s killed a person instead. It’s a shocking moment, … [Read more...] about THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE New Movie Review