Bleed for This (2016) is an awkward title that does not quite catch on. The title does not catch on, but the subject does. This is another boxing film, and as far as I can remember, is the year’s boxing movie. Southpaw and Creed have come and gone from the previous year. It is also…

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, UK), out on DVD December 13 2016 (in North America). Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) has the advantages of being a wealthy socialite or celebrity, New York, 1944. Being wealthy gives her the ability to throw money at her passion: singing. This is the story of a socialite who is in the opportunity…

Trying to understand aliens, in Arrival (2016), coming to movie theaters this week. There was another film called The Arrival in 1996. The Arrival had similar premise to Arrival, but turned out there was a twist. The Arrival starred Charlie Sheen in scientist mode. Arrival has Amy Adams in scientist mode. Arrival’s premise is straightforward.…

The Sea of Trees (out now on DVD) reminds me of one of those famous inspirational stories. Yes, it is a story containing a suicidal theme and there’s a mysterious touch of Spiritism, but wait a minute. When school teacher Arthur Breenan goes to Japan’s “Suicide Forest” to do the unthinkable after a family tragedy, he…

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