Craig Gillespie has moved me in the past with I, Tonya and Pam & Tommy. Dumb Money though simply skims the surface in regard to character development and basic exposition. Paul Dano is an acting God. I have followed his career from There Will Be Blood to Love & Mercy to Dumb Money. I even… Continue reading Dumb Money Could Have Been Smarter
Category: comedy drama based on a real story
Famili”AIR”ty Breeds Success
Let’s face it. Affleck and Damon feel like my brothers from another mother. I’ve basically grown up with them from Mystic Pizza to Good Will Hunting to Argo and Stillwater. I love these guys even if they sometimes disappoint (J Lo & Bitcoin commercials, respectively). And of course, who isn’t in love with Jason Bateman’s… Continue reading Famili”AIR”ty Breeds Success
An A+ for Makowsky’s Bad Education
I love when I find a screenwriter who captures the essence of a story and without any fluff, builds a well told narrative. Well this week, Mike Makowsky’s Bad Education came out on HBO and Mr. Makowsky, you made high honor roll! Being a retired vet of the NYS Education’s Public School System, I can… Continue reading An A+ for Makowsky’s Bad Education
I’d Buy a High Mortgaged House Just to be Mr. Roger’s Neighbor
Thank you Marielle Heller! As you did in Can you Ever Forgive Me (for which you personally weren’t nominated for direction, a shame) you’ve done it again here, once again with the forgiveness theme, in “A Beautiful Day on the Neighborhood”. The story written by the team of Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (both also… Continue reading I’d Buy a High Mortgaged House Just to be Mr. Roger’s Neighbor