Many Good Movies: Opening Nov. 20
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2”, is the finale of the four-part blockbuster movie series. Series star Jennifer Lawrence seems a little tired of being an action hero and she was far more animated when “Part 2” interviewers went off-topic and …
Drama and Comedy--Opens Nov. 13
“By the Sea” is a modest budget, very personal film, directed and written Angelina Jolie Pitt. It was somewhat inspired by her own mother’s difficult life and early death. “Sea” follows Roland, an American writer (Brad Pitt), and his wife, Angelina …
Peanuts, Brooklyn, and Bond (Opening Nov. 6)
“The Peanuts Movie” is the fifth theatrical film based on the beloved comic strip characters, but the first to be released since 1980. (We all know the TV specials. They began airing in 1965). The new film seems to be mostly a re-boot or re-t…
At the Movies
“Room”, a smallish-budget indie film, won the audience choice award at the recent Toronto Film Festival and critics all agree that Oscar nominations will rain down upon it. It opened a couple of weeks ago in limited release and is now gradually rolling out to theaters ever…
At the Movies: Opens October 23
“Rock the Kasbah” stars Bill Murray as Richie Lanz, a has-been rock manager who takes his last remaining client (Zooey Deschanel) on a USO tour of Afghanistan. She dumps him and Lanz finds himself in Kabul, abandoned and broke. Then he finds an Afghan gir…
