Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 7 minutesDirector: Kenneth Branagh Quick Impressions: Before my mother became the world’s biggest fan of David Suchet’s Poirot, there was a time when I was in high school that she and my grandma used to watch Peter Ustinov in the 1978 film Death on the …
Jessica Chastain Age: 44 (but 45 by March 27th) Film: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Role: Tammy Faye Bakker (later Messner), the charismatic wife and partner in puppetry (but apparently not in crime) of rising star televangelist Jim Bakker. Trying to overcome a confusing early childhood that made her feel like an …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes Director: Pedro Almodóvar Quick Impressions: It’s pretty hard to beat a Pedro Almodóvar movie starring Penélope Cruz. I’ve been excited to see Parallel Mothers for a while, but I didn’t expect it to be my favorite movie of 2021. (I did just see …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet Quick Impressions:My daughter and I were supposed to see Hamilton together in San Antonio as one of her birthday presents on Saturday, January 15th. Then we discovered to our dismay that the show had been postponed because …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 45 minutes Director: Joel Coen Quick Impressions: First of all, I want to live in the Macbeths’ house! Their castle is amazing! They appear to have no possessions whatsoever. There are absolutely no furnishings in this castle unless someone needs to go to sleep, eat a …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes Director: Sían Heder Quick Impressions: My daughter has Covid-19 (mild case, knock on wood), so instead of going out, we’re using this week to catch up on potential Oscar contenders we haven’t seen yet on Apple TV. (Time permitting, we’ll check out other streaming …
Best Picture: #78 Original Release Date: May 6, 2005 (with a September 10, 2004 release at the Toronto Film Festival) Rating: R Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes Director: Paul Haggis Quick Impressions: It’s possible that Crash is my least favorite Best Picture winner. (My friends always seem shocked when I …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Quick Impressions: Olivia Colman is a great actress, and I’m always happy to see a movie if she’s in it. (Seriously my husband and I went to that Appalachian snake-handling movie mostly because of her. It’s called Them That Follow …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 11 minutes Director: Aaron Sorkin Quick Impressions: I got very excited this Christmas when I was able to convince my sister to watch Being the Ricardos. (It helped that a contestant on Jeopardy! told a story about eating bugs, so I was able to show …
Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Quick Impressions: What I love about Paul Thomas Anderson’s work is that every one of his films is so atmosphere-rich and set in a completely different world from his last movie. Back when Phantom Thread was a Best Picture …
