Remember "Cranium Command"? Directed by: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen Written by: Josh Cooley, Meg LeFauve, Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen Cast: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias Swift shot: If you loved "Cranium Command" at EPCOT from 1989 - 2007, Inside Out is the film you've been waiting to see. And with Pixar … [Read more...] about Inside Out
Drama
The Connection
Justice must be done. Directed by: Cédric Jimenez Writers: Audrey Diwan, Cédric Jimenez Cast: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette Swift shot: Full disclosure, I have never seen the classic The French Connection, but I understand it is a quickly paced shoot-em-up featuring detective Popeye Doyle (Gene "The Marine" Hackman) and how he thwarts an … [Read more...] about The Connection
Love & Mercy
Directed by: Bill Pohlad Writers: Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner Cast: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti “God only knows what I'd be without you” is a very familiar lyric. It’s from a song on The Beach Boys 1966 “Pet Sounds” Album. It’s a seminal tune from the unfettered genius of the group’s leader and songwriter Brian Wilson, arguably one of the … [Read more...] about Love & Mercy
Tangerines
"Death is their mother" Directed/Written by: Zaza Urushadze Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi Swift shot: An obscure, foreign film about a nation most Americans couldn't point out on a map if I literally put a gun to their head. Set in Abkhazia during the 1992 post-Soviet power struggles in that region, Tangerines is a film about … [Read more...] about Tangerines
The Age of Adaline
Directed by: Lee Toland Krieger Cast: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker, Ellen Burstyn Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) was born in the early 1900s. By all accounts, in 2015 she would be a very very elderly lady, or passed away. But Adaline has remained 29 years old for nearly eight decades. Her life started out normal, she grew up, married, and gave … [Read more...] about The Age of Adaline
