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There was a story I heard in the course of a conversation that reminded me of the sentimental favorite Beaches (1988, USA), directed by Garry Marshall, sister of Penny (Penny directed the Tom Hanks favorite Big the same year). The person who told me the story had a strong liking to see the movie because…

The Hunger Games was a successful blockbuster franchise about the difference between reality and fiction, yet for a film about fiction or reality, it engrossed the viewer in anticipating the outcome as riveting entertainment. It made a star of Jennifer Lawrence who won an Oscar the year after for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.…

DVD movie commentary/review A palatable issue is better on the senses than a heavy handed approach to an issue. Of the recent Ron Howard films I have seen, the issues are presented palatably. Howard’s films such as A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and his latest In the Heart of the Sea…

DVD movie commentary/review The existential worldview is a certainty in Far From Men (2015, France, and subtitled), but there is more. The film is adapted from the short story The Guest by French existential writer Albert Camus. His short story was published in 1957. The film adaptation, Far From Men, takes its cue from 1954…
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