GOD'S NOT DEAD 2 (2016)
Harold Cronk’s film based on a screenplay by Cary Solomon & Chuck Konzelman is a follow-up of sorts to the original film GOD’S NOT DEAD from 2014. Though some of the characters from the original film are involved in the proceedings here, this is an entirely new story that stands on its own without relying on the previous plot. Though I felt this film was superior to the original one, that is not saying much since I’d panned the previous effort. Though this is not sophisticate
I SAW THE LIGHT (2016)
Marc Abraham’s film from his own screenplay based on HANK WILLIAMS: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt & William MacEwen is a film that details the tragic and drug addicted life of country singer Hank Williams. This is the second retelling of this story, the first being YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART with George Hamilton in 1964. I thought it could have been better paced in places but by and large it owes its success to Tom Hiddleston’s fine performance and singing, all of wh
EYE IN THE SKY (2016)
Gavin Hood’s film from an original screenplay by Guy Hibbert details the intricacies of waging a war with drones half a world away from the point of conflict and what exactly are the responsibilities of governments in the collateral damage department. Beautifully thought out and executed with a particularly outstanding performance by Helen Mirren as a Colonel in English intelligence, this is a picture that deals head on with the consequences of a bombing raid and what can be
HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS (2016)
Michael Showalter’s film from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Laura Terruso provides a real tour de force for Sally Field, detailing the problems an older worker experiences in an increasingly youthful environment. Doris Miller (Field) is a character grieving the recent death of her mother whom she took care of while holding down an accounting job in a Manhattan firm that took over the company Doris had worked in for years. Through a series of circumstances that are also p
