Ron Wilkinson A good try at a difficult story but a lack of character development leaves us in a vacuum. Writer/director Alex Ross Perry’s urban pot-boiler falls well short of expectations. A high bar was set by avid Elisabeth Moss fans who came to adore her as she stole the show in the blockbuster “Mad Men” TV
Focused on art forgery, this flabbergasting story expands into a full scale expose of the modern confidence game and why, after all these years, it still works. Arne Birkenstock’s fascinating documentary is a skillful and entertaining examination the latest, and what may be the greatest, con game of all time. Starting in the 1970’s Wolfgang
Getting to know the neighbors has a lot to do with getting to know one’s self. But this film leaves us unconvinced. Patrick Brice is not going to sugar coat it. We are messed up and we better figure why and learn to get on with our lives before it is too late. This is
A must see for climbing buffs and anyone fascinated by the strength and resilience of the human body and spirit. “Meru” may be one of the best mountain climbing movies ever made. Although it appeals to a limited audience, the insights provided through personal interviews with climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk, and
Hoping the pounding 60’s soundtrack will jar the audience into enjoyment, this yarn evaporates into TV fluff. Guy Ritchie’s foray into the “James Bond” genre teeters on the edge of an unholy marriage of TV’s “Mission Impossible” and “Route 66” with leads of unidentifiable nationalities and two-dimensional haute couture. The confusion is not helped by
A good performance by Charlize Theron is all that saves this movie from the poverty porn dustbin. Charlize Theron plays Libby Day, a woman approaching middle age with a terrible secret. Twenty five years earlier her family was murdered in the night. As one of only two survivors of the killings, Libby was able to
Philosophy steps out of the classroom and into murder. This year’s Woody Allen film is a murder mystery. Actually, it is not much of a mystery since we know all about the murder. The only mystery left is to see if the killer gets away with it or not. Sort of a “Columbo” episode without
Meryl Streep did not miss her calling as a rock star, but the chemistry with her daughter Mamie Gummer makes this flick a winner. Now for something completely different. Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”) teams up with Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) in a film featuring Oscar winning super
All the gadgetry and double the action fall short. But the pure charm of the movie saves the day. OK, you have to like Tom Cruise. That is the first requirement for seeing Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Also, it helps if you have at least a tiny bit of nostalgia for the original “Mission:
Television stops imitating life and becomes it in the first reality show of all time. On the surface, Robert Gordon’s and Morgan Neville’s documentary is about a series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. As it turns out, there is a lot more