Julia Child is a giant and how they could get a 5’6” actress to play a 6’2” icon doesn’t really surprise me. Not, at least, when it’s Meryl Streep in the role as the warbley chef. Julie & Julia is based on Julia Child’s autobiography published in 2005, My Life in Paris, and Julie Powell’s [...]
Gangster Paradise: Review for “Public Enemies”
John Dillinger had a very obvious suaveness to him. He liked cars, movies, and could woo a girl in no time. He is one of the most famous bank robbers. And his career, if untimely short, has been put on the screen. The director is a very able one at that. Michael Mann knows how [...]
Harvey: Review for “Milk”
Who was Harvey Milk? Well, before this film was released, I doubt that many had even heard of the man. He was a revolutionary in civil rights, and he was the first openly gay man elected to office. His career was cut short, however, when a depressed rival, Dan White, assassinated Milk and San Francisco [...]
The Art of Covert “War”: Review for “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Do you know who Charlie Wilson is? I didn’t think so. Well, neither did I. Though an unknown name compared to that of John McCain, Osama bin Laden, and others who are frequently in the news for their political views and sucesses, Charlie Wilson was rather famous in 1980. As a matter of fact, we [...]
Thorny "Rose": Review for "La Vie en Rose"
Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award, the Cesar Award, the BAFTA Award, and countless others for her portrayal of French diva Edith Piaf (Piaf means “Sparrow” in French). Her nickname and her voice are icons in France. Olivier Dahan has directed the life of the chanteuse in a very cinematic yet confusing way. Dahan switches [...]
Born to Be Bad: Review for "Ed Wood"
Ed Wood is the biography of writer/director/producer/actor Edward D. Wood, Jr., who is claimed as the worst director of all time, while his films Glen or Glenda, about a man who likes dressing in women’s clothes, and Plan 9 from Outer Space, which is about aliens raising corpeses from the dead to attack earth. Plan [...]
