CAROL
DRAMA-2015
PLOT: Two women fall in love in the 50’s.
Cate Blanchett is
Carol Aird, a very blonde, rich, elegant woman and Rooney Mara is Therese
Beilvet is a working woman and the two fall in love but there are
problems. Carol has a husband and a
lovely young daughter. The word lesbian
is never said and it is very subtle how the relationship grows. Blanchett is fantastic for she wants to be
the perfect wife and mother but longs for her lady lover. Mara is good too as a mousey young woman
trying to find her way. If you see the
movie get some sleep for it is very slow moving.
STEVE JOBS
DRAMA-2015
PLOT: The man who started the digital revolution.
It is really not a
bio in the usual sense but it tells a surrealistic backstage craziness before
he goes on stage to sell the latest product.
This is a dialogue drive movie written by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network
and TV series The West Wing) and there are emotional explosions-not physical
explosions. Michael Fassbender are great as Jobs, he is arrogant, amazing and
few times compassionate. The movie tells
a little bit why he is that way. Kate
Winslet is very good as Joanna Hoffman, his assistant who as to deal with his
annoying pettiness on a daily basis. Who
really stands out is Seth Rogan! I don’t
think he is funny in his comedies but in this dramatic role as Steve Wozniak he
is outstanding!
SPOTLIGHT
DRAMA
PLOT: The true story of a team of reporters who
investigate priests who molest children and how far the cover-up goes.
Everyone involved
with the movie is outstanding acting (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel
McAdams, Stanley Tucci), writing direction(Josh Singer Tom McCarthy). It is so scary that we have to be worried
about people in authority-police, priests and doctors and when journalist tell
their story they better be right! It also shows that even the best reporters
are not perfect and take pride in their work.
It is hard to stomach as victims tell their stories of how pastors
abused them so be warned.
JOY
BIOGRAPHY COMEDY-DRAMA
PLOT: A loosely base true story about Joy Mangano ,
who invented the Miracle Mop.
The trailer for this
movie is so misleading. You think it is
a comedy about a young woman named Joy (Jennifer Lawrence) and her whacky
family. It is not. It is about Joy who created the sensation the
Miracle Mop and horrors of having it patented and be successful. Lawrence is very good. She is driven by debt and to prove to family
and friends they were wrong that she can achieve to be a profitable
entrepreneur.
TRUMBO
BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA
PLOT: The true story of Dalton Trumbo who was the
top screenwriter then labeled a communist.
Dalton Trumbo (Bryan
Cranston, Breaking Bad) was one of the popular screenwriters in Hollywood in
the 40’s until they found out he was a communist. He was blacklisted, went to jail, could never
use his real name in Hollywood and for a while wrote B-movies to support his
family. Trumbo never played the
‘victim’. He adapted to every bad
situation with humor and creativity. The
cast was very good including Helen Mirren as gossip columnist Hedda Harper,
comic Louis C.K. as Arien Hird and John Goodman is truly amazing as Frank King
who makes B-movies for living and proud of it!
He plays the most outrageous characters so well he deserves a special
Oscar.
ROOM
DRAMA
PLOT: A young woman is kidnapped, has a son and
they are trapped in shed.
Joy (Brie Larson)
is a kidnapped woman who has a son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and they live in a
small squalid shed. Joy loves her son
very much so she pretends that Jack is dead so her kidnapper has to remove the
body and that’s how Jack escapes. It
sounds very exciting but it is very slow, very real, and very scary. The two are saved now Jack has to adjust to
modern life. Larson won an Oscar for her
performance but Tremblay should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor
for it was his story.
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