Thanksgiving Song — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Posted on November 25, 2015 at 7:00 am
What a gift to take this moment to consider our blessings and how we can do more for others.
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Trailer for the New Captain America Movie — Coming May 2016
Posted on November 25, 2015 at 6:41 am
It’s called “Captain America: Civil War” and I can’t wait!
Independent Spirit Nominees 2015
Posted on November 24, 2015 at 7:49 pm
The Spirit Awards are like the Oscars for independent films. Some of them have big stars and some are distributed by big studios. Some are made by first-time filmmakers on budgets that would barely pay for one day’s catering fees on a studio film. But all of them are passion projects. None of them are …
Carol
Posted on November 24, 2015 at 5:54 pm
The most romantic movie of the year is “Carol,” based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. But Carol, her second novel, was originally published under another title and under another name. It was semi-autobiographical, it was the story of a lesbian relationship, and, …
The Good Dinosaur
Posted on November 24, 2015 at 5:43 pm
“The Good Dinosaur” is the good movie. Not the great movie. Not the especially memorable movie. Just the perfectly nice and pleasant movie, much stronger in visual splendor than in storyline. Delayed for 18 months as Disney replaced the original director and realigned the story, the seams are palpable. And too much of it is …