Directed by: Clint Eastwood Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Max Charles, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner, Keir O’Donnell, Sam Jaeger, Jake McDorman, Sammy Sheik, and Mido Hamada The late Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was a certified American hero. Four tours of duty in the hottest combat zones in modern history. He was a motivated patriot, with a loving wife and children, who … [Read more...] about American Sniper
Alyn Darnay’s Top Films of 2014
I see a lot of films in a year; basically I see most every film released each year. It’s my job as a reviewer to find my way to them. Sometimes it’s a great thing, filled with lots of excitement and joy, other times it’s a chore. During the year I hit upon a few films that just get to me on a purely entertainment level. I get totally wrapped up in them for one reason or … [Read more...] about Alyn Darnay’s Top Films of 2014
Battle of the Five Armies
Directed by: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Benedict … [Read more...] about Battle of the Five Armies
Before I Go to Sleep
Directed by: Rowan Joffé Cast: Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth and Anne-Marie Duff I love a good suspense/mystery film, especially when the mystery concerns the mind or places its clues in the hero’s mind. A director named Alfred Hitchcock was amazingly good at that. With films like “Vertigo”, “Psycho”, and “Dial M for Murder”, he personally set a trend and a … [Read more...] about Before I Go to Sleep
The Theory of Everything
Directed by: James Marsh Cast: Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking), Felicity Jones (Jane Hawking), Charlie Cox (Jonathan Hellyer Jones), Emily Watson (Beryl Wilde), Simon McBurney (Frank Hawking) and David Thewlis (Dennis Sciama). The Theory of Everything is, in a possible simple notation: 0 = 1 = ∞, or rather, some people think it might be, but that solution is not really a … [Read more...] about The Theory of Everything
