In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice of the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist […]
Archives for November 2015
The King of Queens: The Complete Series
Like its characters, The King of Queens is a unpretentious but utterly dependable sitcom. Kevin James and Leah Remini, as blue-collar couple Doug and Carrie Heffernan, have the kind of chemistry that every sitcom craves (but far too few have). Layered on top of this solid foundation are the bizarre flights of Jerry Stiller as […]
Evening
A diverse cast brings richness and texture to Evening, a lyrical tale of regret, unrequited love, and hope, based on the book by Susan Minot. The movie opens as Ann Grant Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) lies ill, deliriously remembering when she came to the summer home of her best friend Lila (Mamie Gummer) to be Lila’s […]
Jobs
To understand just how much of a mystery Apple founder Steve Jobs is, one only needs to look at the number of films that have tried to figure him out. There have been documentaries, one feature film led by Ashton Kutcher (it wasn’t as bad as it sounds) and only a couple of years later […]