Spitball Army

I loved Philomena, but The Magdalene Sisters is a harrowing, bolder & ultimately more vital film of the Magdalene laundries.

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Another day off, another mid-day movie, another theater all to myself. Until, that is, the film started and an elderly man (yes, you wise-acre, older than me) came in and, unlike yesterday, sits behind me. He went all the way to the back row, in fact. His loud throat-clearing didn’t bother me at all, as […]

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“The Lunchbox” at The Edge 12, 24 April 2014

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So, today, on a day off from work, and still needing to avoid sunlight due to last Friday’s PDT (photo-dynamic therapy – I think that’s the translation – for that skin stuff), I decide to take in an 11 A.M. movie. It wasn’t hard to understand why I was the only person in the theater, […]

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“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” 23 April 2014

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Poor Francis Phelan, cursed by his own relentless guilt.

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“Noah” at The Edge 12, 18 April 2014

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From the atmospheric opening credits to the “set-up” through to the whiz-bang ending, Gun Crazy was a completely unexpected surprise.

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Mamet film where heavily-manicured language lends an unbelievability to the proceedings. The word bombs, however, are awesome: [Heist word bomb example #1] He (on telephone): Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it money. [Heist word bomb example #2] He: Save the bullshit, your guy says he wants to do the job. She: Is that […]

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The story of Frank “Spig” Wead of the U.S. Navy, in which The Duke and Maureen O’Hara smoke a lot of cigarettes.

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