Suzanne Blazier: A Movie for Every Mood

My husband really appreciates the talent of Jim Carrey, so when I discovered Jim had starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2009 animate...

Enchantment reigns at each performance of the seasonal ballet The Nutcracker . With music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and the ori...

I am a ballet fan. I love everything about this form of dance, so when I saw available on Netflix Leap, an animated feature film a...

I am an art lover, and Renoir is one of my favorite impressionists. Last year I read Luncheon of the Boating Party , a novel of hi...

The Artist and the Model is a delightful black and white film with the backdrop of 1943 World War II occupied France as the sett...

What do Fitbits, the U.S. Army bombing an American city for training, and greed have to do with the USA? Michael Moore’s docum...

A Ghost Story was not what I expected. Casey Affleck dressed in a white sheet like it’s a little kid’s Halloween costume? Unusua...

The Desert of Forbidden Art is a fascinating documentary film about the Nukus Museum in Soviet Uzbekistan that houses thousands ...

Finally. A Daniel Craig/James Bond film I really loved! Skyfall is the best of at least the first three Bond films Craig has been...

Quantum of Solace is the second of the James Bond films starring Daniel Craig. It picks up just after where Casino Royale left ...

My nephew assured me that Daniel Craig is every bit as good as Pierce Brosnan in the 007 Bond series of films. Given this recommendation, I...

I had the good fortune to view Book Club at a special screening three days prior to its release to the general public. The theate...

One of the reasons I went to see the independent film Gemini was that it starred Lola Kirke. I was familiar with her acting as sh...

Hacksaw Ridge is a film based on the true story of Desmond Doss, who carried 75 men to safety during the taking of Hacksaw Ridge...

The Greatest Showman was a Golden Globe winner for Best Original Song, This Is Me . It was more of a musical than I thought, not...

Invictus is a film from 2009 directed by Clint Eastwood. It is based on the true story of Nelson Mandela, newly elected Presiden...

Another successful Blogging A to Z Challenge ! This was my third year of blogging 26 days in April. I thank everyone wh...

Z is for Z , a 1969 film by Costa-Gavras that is now considered to be a classic suspense thriller. The story is based on ...

No Best Original Screenplays beginning with the letter Y , so I give you: Young Frankenstein that was nominated for Best Adapte...

X is for Se X , Lies, and Videotape , a film from 1989. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academ...