With Oscar season well upon us, The Imitation Game definitely has a hat in the ring. It’s a historical drama primarily set during World War II, about a man many people may only know by name, but not by deed. I had heard of Alan Turing and vaguely knew his role in WWII, but I…
DetailsI love Bill Murray. We all do, don’t we? He can nearly do no wrong. Ok, he’s done a few movies he’d probably like to forget about, but let’s face it, even a bad Bill Murray movie is still pretty watchable. Remember Quick Change, or Larger Than Life, the one with the elephant? I know,…
DetailsIt’s safe to say that Christopher Nolan is one of those directors whose films are always near the top of my most anticipated list. Even when he’s making you work hard by wondering if his screen logic holds water, he’s still entertaining you like few film makers can. Yeah, I’m talking about Inception. With Interstellar,…
DetailsHarry Dean Stanton has been in over 250 films. Think about that, just for a minute. He’s 88 years old. His first listed appearance on film in the IMDb is in 1954. Sixty years on film, that’s an average of at least 4 films/shows a year. That’s pretty mind-boggling. Most of us, I suspect, think…
DetailsI’ve loved Michael Keaton since junior high. Before Batman, and before he slept with Courtney Cox, he was mine. I sat in a theater watching Mr. Mom and about midway through, I started crying. It’s not a sad movie, in fact there’s not a sad part in it. But there was something about watching Michael…
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