Efficient and well-acted, Sully centers on the extraordinary events of January 15, 2009, when US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) landed his damaged Airbus A320 on the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers aboard. The…
Taking its title from a song by Lady Antebellum, Andrea Arnold’s American Honey is a roaming tale of teenagers on the road, free of the rules that govern contemporary society, but filled with the angst born out of a life…
One of the best Hollywood comedies of the 1950’s, Father of the Bride features Spencer Tracy at the top of his game And Elizabeth Taylor looking breathtakingly beautiful. Adapted from a novel by Edward Streeter, the film opens as successful…
As a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, I know a thing or two about long dry spells. I remember my near delirium when the Sox won the World Championship in 2004 after an 86 year drought. The only team with…
Barbara Graham didn’t have an easy life. A prostitute and convicted perjurer, petty crime was a way of life for her. Basing their screenplay for I Want to Live! on contemporary newspaper files and her own letters, Nelson Gidding and…
Considered by many to be the best actress of her generation, Meryl Streep gamely takes on the role of Florence Foster Jenkins, a woman who would have to have been considered her opposite. A patron of the arts in New…
Suicide Squad will go down as one of my biggest movie disappointments of 2016. I had high hopes for it, but in the end, Suicide Squad is a muddled mess. Sadder still, the 13-minutes of additional footage found on the…
The original Pete’s Dragon (1977) came out when I was a kid. I saw it quite a few times growing up and while I never remember considering it a great movie, I thought it was enjoyable fun. Now, almost forty…
With Matt Damon back in the title role, Jason Bourne wisely ignores the events of The Bourne Legacy (2012), instead acting as a direct sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). After exposing the CIA’s Operation Blackbriar, Jason Bourne has been…
Previously released on Blu-ray by MPI in 2009, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer has been released as a 30th Anniversary Edition. This new release has been restored from its original camera negative and magnetic soundtrack. In addition, new informative…