Thursday Morning Coffee — 10/22/20
Ron Howard comes to Middletown . . . Okay, so most of the filming was done in Georgia, still it is impressive that…
Away (2016) — 3.5 Gavels 60% Rotten Tomatoes
Not to be confused with Hilary Swank‘s recent Away, this article is about Juno Temple‘s Away (2016). From Atonement and The Other Boleyn…
Middlemarch — 3.5 Gavels 7.4 IMDb
In 2007, an author’s poll in Time magazine voted Middlemarch the tenth greatest literary work ever written. My introduction to George Eliot aka…
Gunpowder — 3.5 Gavels 72% Rotten Tomatoes
Just when you think you’ve “seen” every medieval torture possible along comes HBO’s Gunpowder to prove your naivete. Because Media Research tells me…
Wallander — 4.0 Gavels 80% Rotten Tomatoes
Not since La La Land have we seen such a vivid, “explosive,” opening scene. Except in Wallander, you are quite aware this will…
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — 3.5 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
In an article on The Trial of the Chicago 7 in Smithsonian Magazine, Aaron Sorkin says “this isn’t a biopic. You will get the…
Van der Valk — 4.0 Gavels 77% Rotten Tomatoes
Is it odd that Van der Valk, a show about a detective in Amsterdam, is written by a Brit and the stars are…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 10/15/20
Co-star with Tom and Arnold. Never heard of Monica Barbaro? You soon will. In Top Gun: Maverick, she is “Phoenix,” a pilot trainee…
The Unicorn — 3.0 Gavels 91% Rotten Tomatoes
From Justified to The Unicorn, Walter Goggins is a charismatic guy. As one critic wrote, “Goggins makes a habit of being the best…
The Keeping Room-3.5 Gavels 74% Rotten Tomatoes
The Civil War movie, The Keeping Room, begins ominously with the words of General William T. Sherman. “War is cruelty. There is no…