EIGHT DAYS A WEEK-THE TOURING YEARS Directed by Ron Howard We saw the film at 10:30 am on a Monday morning. It had quite a large audience in the mid-sized multiplex theater--all people over sixty. People who remember the Beatles and people who were free at that...

SNOWDEN Directed by Oliver Stone Written by Kieran Fitzgerald Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Qunito, Rhys Ifans, Nicholas Cage Much of the "drama" in SNOWDEN occurs during the hours he was holed up in a hotel room in Hong...

SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU Directed and Written by Richard Tanne Starring: Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers If Barack Obama were running for his second term this year, this would fall into the category of a campaign film. It offers little in the way of a critique of either...

Hell or High Water Directed by David Mackenzie Written by Taylor Sheridan Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster,  Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham Hell or High Water makes a good case for the notion that a Western can be as relevant today as ever. Several times I had to...

HAIL, CAESAR! Universal Studios The Coen Brothers are hit and miss for me, and it’s not just because they veer from bloody noir (Blood Simple) to screwball comedy (Raising Arizona) to deadpan absurdity (A Serious Man). This one’s somewhere between The Hudsucker...

Director: Stephen Frears Writer: Nicholas Martin Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg Three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep stars in FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS, the story of a woman who couldn't sing but didn't know it. The film is truly a three-hander...