The mark of a wonderful comedy film is when members of the audience are singularity laughing out loud about a previous scene a second time moments after its occurrence. This Is The End produces this kind of laughter often in its 107 running time. There are not many comedic films that can claim this accomplishment. Read More…
Movies
Shadow Dancer: Intelligence Lost via Franchise Scheduling? *** 1/2
Shadow Dancer is a compelling movie worthy of your time and money. Similar to Carol Reed’s **** Odd Man Out (1947) and Neil Jordan’s **** The Crying Game (1992), Shadow Dancer is an expertly paced thinking person’s Thriller about a conflict on the British Isles. At 106 minutes run-time there are no Computer Generated Images Read More…
The Sapphires: Heart and Soul in All the Right Spots ***
The Sapphires, a comedy and drama with a knockout musical soundtrack tells us the real-life story of a group of women from Australia in the 1960’s. Based on the stage play of the same name written by Tony Briggs (the real life son of one of the real-life characters), the Sapphires are four talented young Read More…