It would be easy to dismiss Krystal, from writer Will Aldis and director William H. Macy; as what was described as “…the wrong execution of the right idea” in a film from the early 1980s. The premise is intriguing, but there are pieces of the plot that seem shoehorned into places where they just don’t…
“No man knows the virtue of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them” – William Godwin In a small town in the South, the arrival of “Josie” (Sophie Turner – X-Men: Apocalypse) raises eyebrows. She’s a high school senior, without parents present. She moves into the Pink Motel and on arrival convinces fellow…
Mark the date on your calendar. January 29, 2018. For one night, you can see 85: The Greatest Team in Football History in theaters. Director Scott Prestin (The Devil’s Dominoes) brings us this in-depth examination of a football team that was so popular and successful, they had their own song. Featuring Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon…
Jessica Chastain in ‘Molly’s Game’ “There is no such thing as women’s intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.” – Actress Rachel Shelley “If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.” – Billionaire Warren Buffett For those of us old enough…
The annual A-list gathering known as the Golden Globe Awards was a sea of women in black on Sunday night in Beverly Hills. Late-night’s Seth Meyers hosted and set the tone by blastng Harvey Weinstein. Oprah Winfrey gave a speech that has people talking about her as a serious candidate for the U.S. presidential race…
“If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem” – J. Paul Getty “If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves” – J. Paul Getty Prior to its release, most news about the film All The Money in the World…
“Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges” – Scott Hamilton who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games “Look, I’m sorry but when the CIA wants to learn new dirty tricks they observe figure skaters and their moms” – Kim Cattrall as “Tina Harwood” in the film Ice…
“When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered” – Christopher Dodd “What I’m thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson’s saying that he’d rather…
“That’s why ‘Star Wars’ is appealing. You watch someone fight the perilous monster” – Carrie Fisher As Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ends, “Rey” (Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express) has found “Luke Skywalker” (Mark Hamill – Kingsman: The Secret Service) and given him back his father’s lightsaber. “Kylo Ren” (Adam…
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief – Aeschylus” “I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all – Ogden Nash” Just what messages are placed on those Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,…
