Meet Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy): proud, working-class patriarch to a motley brood of six smart, spirited and independent kids who, without him, would be better off. In Frank’s booze-addled view, parenting just eats into his hard-earned bar-crawling and carousing time around Chicago so he leaves it to eldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum) to hold […]
Archives for July 2019
Something’s Gotta Give
Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a wealthy New York music mogul who only dates women under 30, including his latest girlfriend, Marin Klein (Amanda Peet). The two drive to her mother’s Hamptons beach house for an intimate weekend, but are surprised by Marin’s mother, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), who is there with her […]
Scent of a Woman
Al Pacino delivers the performance of a lifetime in Scent of a Woman, the heart wrenching and heart-warming film that was nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture. Hoping to earn extra money over the Thanksgiving weekend, Charlie Simms (Chris O’Donnell), a scholarship student at an exclusive prep school, agrees to look after blind, […]
Saving Private Ryan
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy invasion, American soldiers prepare to land on Omaha Beach. They struggle against dug-in German infantry, machine gun nests, and artillery fire, which cut down many of the men. Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks), the company commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, […]