Leaving the theater, one of my movie companions remarked, “What a happy, feel-good movie.” And that’s a perfect way to summarize Yesterday. It’s sweet and endearing. You don’t think too deeply. (Although I wanted to for some aspects, the movie doesn’t give you time to.) And overall, at the end, all is right with the…
I couldn’t help but think of last year’s 70s rock biopic and juxtapose that with Rocketman. Both films have a soundtrack that makes you want to sing along with a lifetime of familiar tunes (ya know, for those of us at a certain age). Both films are highly entertaining. Both films show the dark side of…
Confession: I don’t think I ever watched the entire 1976 version of A Star is Born (bits and parts, but not the whole thing in any one sitting). And I’d had no idea that this 2018 version is the fourth (fifth, internationally) version of the tale. Maybe the Streisand-Kristofferson version, as third, was a charm…
If you know me, then you probably could guess that I had fun watching Into the Woods. And you’d guess correctly. Others might want more of the movie than mere fun, but to me, that’s what I expected. And I enjoyed the time watching the film. I’d not seen the stage production or any other…
What a fantastic few hours I had losing myself in the recent movie version of Les Misérables. The story itself is grand—–with traditional romantic love, with great familial love, with forgiveness and kindness and angry grudges, with revenge and shenanigans, with government oppression and religious salvation . . . . and with fabulous comedic relief…