The film begins in 1947 at Muroc Army Air Field, an arid California military base where test pilots often die flying high-speed aircraft such as the rocket-powered Bell X-1. After another pilot demands $150,000 to attempt to break the sound barrier, war hero Captain Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard) receives the chance to fly the X-1. […]
Archives for April 2019
Web Therapy: The Series
The popular online show, now a television series, features Fiona Wallice (Lisa Kudrow) who is branching into a new type of therapy. She decides that 3 minutes over web cam is better than 50 minutes of patients “rambling on.” By dramatically shortening session time, she hopes to get results more quickly. Her sessions take place […]
Fame
At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, and other artists. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez (Irene Cara), shy Doris Finsecker […]