American Made (2017)
“Just don’t get caught.” My guess is that probably 9/10 moviegoers will at least enjoy American Made to some extent. I don’t blame them either. After all, how could they not? It’s extremely […]
Tag Archives: Biopic
The Glass Castle (2017)
“Talking is not trying.” Roughly halfway through Jeannette Walls’ subdued, resilient memoir, the family drives their beat-up Oldsmobile lemon through Oklahoma to mining country in Welch, West Virginia. While the […]
Megan Leavey (2017)
“Everything you feel goes down leash.” The best films set during the war in Iraq are not exclusively about war. The Hurt Locker – a rightful Best Picture winner – deals with […]
The Lost City of Z (2017)
“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.” Bearing an undeniable and perhaps even indelible likeness to the sweeping and grandiose pictures of classic aged cinema, The Lost City of Z unfolds […]
The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
“People always want to run when they don’t know what’s coming.” It’s easy to glance at a poster and a title like The Zookeeper’s Wife – originally from the “inspired by a […]
The Founder (2017)
“Contracts are like hearts…they’re made to be broken.” The fast food business looks to be a fraudulent industry modeled around seduction. Have you ever had a burger that actually tasted […]
Jackie (2016)
“Let them see what they’ve done.” Pablo Larraín’s biopic Jackie is absolutely stunning on every level. It’s not a film you watch and ask questions requiring more historical context or data or details. […]
Hidden Figures (2016)
“I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.” Through the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement and the paranoid landscape of the 60’s space race with Russia, Hidden Figures‘ grounded […]
Loving (2016)
“It’s God’s law.” There’s about as much to like about Loving as is there is to shudder away from and turn a cold shoulder towards. Strangely, the film seems to be in […]
Bleed for This (2016)
“He’s an animal.” Here’s a film that wants us to believe in miracles. Think Kirk Gibson’s hobbled and hunched over ’88 World Series game winning home run was an act of […]
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