"All we need is a miracle." Written/Directed by: Jared Callahan Cast: Janey Callahan-Chin, Jeff Shewmaker, Roxanne Donnelly, Tom Thompson, Dick Swensson, Lorren Montgomery, Sean Makenzie, Kianna Machado Swift shot: There's an electricity, or even a magic spark, that always seems to keep community theatre productions alive. The sleepy American city of Rio Vista, … [Read more...] about Janey Makes a Play
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American Sniper
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
Selma
We have . . . overcome. Swift shot: Selma is a two-hour education on civil rights and the struggle for equality that southern blacks faced in the 1960s. But, those that claim we haven't come very far are intellectually inept. In the 1860s the struggle began in earnest, and 100 years later, there was indeed progress, but hardly equality. Now, it is 2015, some 50 years … [Read more...] about Selma
Foxcatcher
What I first heard about Foxcatcher was the fact the press was really behind Steve Carell and his Oscar worthy performance. Bennett Miller created such a unique vision into fact based events, and also had three of the best combined acting performances in a movie seen in the past several years in Foxcatcher. I was blown away by everything I saw in the performances of Steve … [Read more...] about Foxcatcher
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
