Lawrence Kasdan adapted Anne Tyler’s novel into this comedy in which William Hurt plays a depressed travel writer struggling to come to terms with his son’s death. He buys a dog for companionship, then hires an eccentric dog trainer (Geena Davis) to teach it to behave. She, in turn, teaches him to reconnect to life. […]
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) is one of eight children born to Ted Webb (Levon Helm), a coal miner raising a family despite grinding poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky (pronounced by locals as “Butcher Holler”). She marries Oliver Vanetta (Doolittle) “Mooney” Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) when she is 15 years old. A mother of four by […]
Better Call Saul: The Series
This spin-off from the series Breaking Bad (created by that show’s Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould) is set mostly six years earlier and focuses on Albuquerque lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). Jonathan Banks also reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, while newcomers include Michael McKean. It’s much more of a drama (with some comedic elements) […]
Lorenzo’s Oil
At the beginning of the film, Lorenzo (Noah Banks, Zack O’Malley Greenburg) is portrayed as a active and exuberant young. A few years later, he begins to show neurological problems, loss of hearing, and tantrums. Lorenzo is diagnosed as having adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) which is usually fatal within two years. When they fail to find a […]
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