Runtime: 2 hours, 22 minutes Rating: NR Director: Paolo Sorrentino Quick Impressions: On the car ride home, my husband and I remarked, pretty much in unison, “That first party scene—even though I didn’t have any idea what was going on, I could have watched it forever.” Hearing that he felt …
American Hustle Nominated Producer(s): Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon Director: David O. Russell Writers: Eric Singer, David O. Russell Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, Jack Huston, Colleen Camp, Surprise Guest Star Plot: In the 1970s, a …
Runtime: 1 hours, 48 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: José Padilha Quick Impressions: Last week, my husband and I were so excited to see The Monuments Men, and then on the way to the theater, we got in a wreck. Before we could get off the highway, we saw four other wrecks …
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes Rating: PG Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Quick Impressions: My family has been looking forward to The Lego Movie for a while now. I know we’re not the only ones. It’s been a long time since Thanksgiving. For some strange reason, few families opted to take their …
Barkhad Abdi Age: 28 Film: Captain Phillips Role: Abduwali Muse, the Somali fisherman-turned-pirate who leads a hijacking attempt on the American cargo ship Maersk Alabama and takes its captain, Richard Phillips hostage in hopes of securing a huge ransom from the insurance company in the United States. Muse does not expect …
Runtime: 1 hours, 34 minutes Rating: R Director: Tom Gormican Quick Impressions: That awkward moment when you go to a movie not because you expect it to be good, but because you just don’t think you can bear to sit through Labor Day… I love Kate Winslet. I like Josh Brolin. …
Sally Hawkins Age: 37 Film: Blue Jasmine Role: Ginger, the meek, well-meaning, slightly insecure, San Francisco working class woman who gives her financially ruined and psychologically destroyed sister Jasmine a place to stay as the latter attempts to recover from a mental breakdown in the wake of her husband’s arrest for …
Christian Bale Age: 40 on January 30, 2014 Film: American Hustle Role: Irving Rosenfeld, a small time crook in the 1970s, forced to get in over his head when an FBI agent entraps him, arrests his girlfriend, and pressures them both to participate in an elaborate sting designed to incriminate a …
Runtime: 1 hours, 45 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Kenneth Branagh Quick Impressions: Traditionally, January is a dumping ground for bad movies, and the bigger they should have been, the worse they actually are. My husband and I went to Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit hoping that it might be different, however, because I …
Amy Adams Age: 39 Film: American Hustle Role: Sydney Prosser, an American woman who has clawed her way up from an undesirable life using her wits and her sexuality (when necessary) for survival. After falling in love with two-bit con-artist (and married man) Irving Rosenfeld, Sydney helps him con the desperate …
