The One I Love begins with a simple premise: a young married couple is having problems. The husband (Mark Duplass) cheated on his wife (Elizabeth Moss), and they aren't communicating or having sex. So they seek the help of a marriage counselor (Ted Danson) who refers...
Thowback Thursday: The Absent-Minded Professor
Recently I was searching through a list of Robin Williams movies and stumbled upon Flubber. Feeling nostalgic and having no desire to strain my brain on something any less fluffy and cute, I fired up ye old Netflix, watched it, enjoyed it...and then started obsessing....
Changing the World One Film at a Time
What is a catapult? “A ballistic device used to launch a projectile without the use of explosives.” Thanks to the San Francisco film producer and philanthropist Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, it’s also a way to launch great film projects. Since forming the Catapult Film...
Throwback Thursday: Risky Business
I am chipping away at a list of classic films that I have dubbed important for me to see. Many of the films on the list are there because I am embarrassed to say that I have not seen them. Most recently I checked off Risky Business. I will confess that Top Gun is...
A Book Lover’s Thoughts on Movie Adaptations
To Watch or Not to Watch Is No Longer the Question If you are a book lover like me, you’ve probably found yourself disappointed a time or two (likely more) at movie adaptations. An inevitability in a day and age where new ideas are fewer and far between, and some...
Throwback Thursday: Dumb and Dumber
We got no food, we got no jobs… our pet’s heads are falling off! In anticipation of Dumb and Dumber To, coming out this November, I'm taking a look back at favorite moments from the original Dumb and Dumber. Even though this dumb-humored comedy receives a 64% on...
Throwback Thursday: Say Anything
A classic coming of age film that teaches us about life. This isn’t your typical romantic teenage comedy. Say Anything is honest and open about the love shared between a boy and a girl, as well as a girl and her father. The characters are real, and struggle with...
Twenty Feet from Stardom Shines a Well-Deserved Spotlight
This film will make you stop and take notice of the value of backup vocals. Backup singers? I’ve never really thought about them. Unless you count Robert Palmer’s pseudo band in his “Addicted to Love” video that used to bug the hell out of me. Or the classic episode...
Throwback Thursday: “National Lampoon’s Vacation”
This 1983 summer comedy is the best road trip classic around. The road trip is my favorite part of the American summer. I love to get in the car and see what adventures may find me and where I might find myself. Road trips have become more enjoyable now than in...
‘Havana Curveball’: Baseball, Bar Mitzvahs, and the Cuban Embargo
Once upon a time there was a boy. An Austrian boy, who fled the Holocaust with his mother and sister in 1941 and ended up in Cuba. Two years went by before the family made it to the United States. He studied hard, worked hard, and made good. One could say he...