In "Her Again, Becoming Meryl Streep" by Michael Schulman we learn of Meryl's earlier years as well as the trials and tribulations of her youth as an up and coming actor.
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Film Legend Mary Pickford and Sara Gavron’s ‘Suffragette’
“We break windows. We burn things. Because war is the only language men listen to,” Maud says in Suffragette, now playing in theaters across the U.S. Director Sara Gavron said, “Working (class) women often are the vanguard of change, and they’re often not recognized for that.” Another woman not recognized …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Suffragette,’ Starring Carey Mulligan, with Meryl Streep
Looking back to the past, what women did to gain suffrage represented an amazing effort and it eventually included violence. With the determination they exhibited, it should make every man proud of women's potential to do exploits. Their capabilities were and still are astounding.
Read More »Movie Review: Rob Marshall’s “Into the Woods” with Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony award-winning musical comes to the screen in a lavish and beautifully-mounted version.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ – The Criterion Collection
Could Criterion release a new version merely four years later that could better that presentation? Not really.
Read More »Actors and Acting: How the Lowly Have Risen
Once disparaged, the acting profession has risen in prestige until the great thespians are practically Lords and Ladies. What happened?
Read More »DVD Review: Hope Springs
Hope Springs is an adult drama for all ages about love, pain, rejection and hope
Read More »Theatre Review (NYC): Doubt – Who’s Watching Your Class?
What do we believe in? Who do we believe?
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Deer Hunter
Aside from its signature scene, the film doesn't hold up.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Iron Lady
There has to be a better way to tell Margaret Thatcher's tale.
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