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The Beguiled (2017)

The Beguiled (2017)

Spanish moss. Oak-lined plantation roads. Shimmering lazy heat. A white columned mansion. Genteel young Southern ladies in white dresses practicing their French verb conjugation. It seems idyllic, except it...

Linda
T2 Trainspotting (2017)

T2 Trainspotting (2017)

Set 20 years after the original, and reuniting all of the original players, the film centers on prodigal son Renton (Ewan McGregor), who returns to Edinburgh two decades after...

Vickie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

Henrietta Lacks, though anonymous until recently, was a very real woman. An African-American mother to a brood of five, she developed cancer and died in 1951. However, when she...

Linda
A Dog's Purpose (2017)

A Dog’s Purpose (2017)

The last time I remember seeing a feel-good “family” movie about dogs that made me sob was Marley & Me. That movie was SOOOO mis-advertised, causing unsuspecting families with kids...

Linda
Collateral Beauty (2016)

Collateral Beauty (2016)

Howard (Will Smith) was a once dynamic creative executive, who let his company on charisma and talent. But now he is a broken, shell of a man after the...

Linda
Dark Angel (2016)

Dark Angel (2016)

I know several people that washed their hands clean of Downton Abbey when the show dared bring horrible suffering on Joanne Froggatt’s sweet and saintly housemaid Anna Bates. How...

Linda
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) are a long-married couple dealing with the grief of losing their only child. Their 4-year-old son was hit by a car 8...

Linda
Queen of the Desert (2015)

Queen of the Desert (2015)

Rather than let the story and the character unfold, the opening credits of Queen of the Desert tell us who the important historical figure Gertrude Bell was. She was...

Linda
Personal Shopper (2016)

Personal Shopper (2016)

French director Olivier Assayas and American actress Kristen Stewart are a seemingly unconventional pairing who meld surprisingly well together in their director/actor partnership. Assayas brought out some of Stewart’s...

Linda
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Having grown up in a household with an abusive, alcoholic father and a devoutly religious mother, Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is accustomed to living in a world of opposing...

Jennifer
Killing Reagan (2016)

Killing Reagan (2016)

If I can say one thing about Bill O’Reilly (and I can say a lot, believe me), I’ll give him credit where credit is due. For having such a...

Linda
20th Century Women (2016)

20th Century Women (2016)

I read that the sweet film Beginners was director Mike Mills’ ode to his father. Now he gives us 20th Century Women, a “thank-you note” to his mother, who...

Linda