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Stephen Frears directed this film from a screenplay by Nicholas Martin based on the true story of New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins who was a devotee of the arts particularly Grand Opera. Since so many successful musicians and conductors were beholden to her financial generosity (notably Leopold Stravinsky), none of them felt it was their duty to tell her she was tone deaf when it came time for her to sing. Well, sing she does and it’s hilarious, but this film is far

David Lowery directed from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Toby Halbrooks and based on the book of the same name by Malcolm Marmorstein. Originally filmed in 1976 as a musical with Helen Reddy, Shelley Winters and Mickey Rooney, it has been completely reimagined and for the most part is successful in its end result. The dragon has been impressively created with more the personality of a very kind, lovable and funny dog, especially with his very protective defense of a litt

Barry Sonnenfeld directed this most disappointing film with a screenplay by Gwyn Lurie, Matt R. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Daniel Antoniazzi & Ben Shiffrin. What is amazing to me here is that it took five people to write a script that is not only very poorly written but not at all funny. That it got the green light to go ahead with production is beyond me and on a 30 million dollar budget no less. The story details a very successful business man who is neglecting his family, especi

David Ayer’s film from his screenplay based on characters in the DC Comics universe works quite well for the first 45 minutes before starting to spin somewhat out of control. I will always say that in order for a fantasy/science fiction film to work there has to be enough credible characters and situations for one to believe the story happening on screen. For instance you have to believe that a boy can fly or else the story of Peter Pan won’t work at all. The problem here is

This comedy drama co-directed and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore is essentially a very good movie with some real reservations I had about its execution. The story of a near perfect wife and mother who comes to see her life start to unravel one day and realize that all of her efforts for perfection are not resulting in any sort of meaningful life for her or her children. With a husband who has been cheating on her with an internet escort and being taken advantage of at w

Paul Greengrass’ film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Christopher Rouse based on characters by Robert Ludlum, is a rousing affair with numerous locations all over the world (from Iceland to Las Vegas) and a rather fantastical finale on the Las Vegas strip. Perhaps not the best of the Jason Bourne films it still was effective in its execution and ability to combine an intelligent screenplay with the proper amount of action to keep the fans of the genre pleased. Cast with th

A film loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS directed by James Bobin with a screenplay by Linda Woolverton and produced by Tim Burton is a film more in common with its predecessor (ALICE IN WONDERLAND) than the actual novels they are purported to be based on. Though I would dare to say that the first ten minutes were worth the price of admission, the rest of the film was a bit heavy handed and though not lacking in imagination, was not exceptional i