Here’s a first: I rented the new, fourth and unfortunately last of Michael Winterbottom’s Trip series with the delectable Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon AND was enjoying it so intensely, I watched it in spurts in purpose. Their impersonations, singing, sound effects are so dizzying, their conversations so witty and fun, that why you would… Continue reading Coogan + Brydon=Bliss: A Trip to Greece
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Stan & Ollie Needed a (Script) Fluffer
I wrote a play about five years ago about a conversation between two old friends. Feedback repeatedly came back that I needed to move the conflict sooner in the script. Stubbornly, I held fast until recently and Stan & Ollie‘s led weighted script is definitely a good slapstick kick in the arse to that same… Continue reading Stan & Ollie Needed a (Script) Fluffer
Would the real Steve Coogan please stand up? (The Trip to Spain)
I’ve had enough of Mother Nature (Irma here, deadly Maria and Mexico City earthquakes there) so I decided to forego mother! until I have someone to give me a hug after. And I could use a hug. Let’s just say I wish people were more self-aware, acknowledged questions or previous plans and communicated in a… Continue reading Would the real Steve Coogan please stand up? (The Trip to Spain)
Sofia Coppola First of a Trio: Some Day My Dauphin Will Come “Marie Antoinette”
This review is rated PG13, just like the film! In an attempt to gear up for the misandrist Beguiled, I decided to warm up with 3 Sofia Coppola movies I have never seen. Mind you, one of hers, Lost in Translation, could be my number one modern era movie of all time (though Whiplash is… Continue reading Sofia Coppola First of a Trio: Some Day My Dauphin Will Come “Marie Antoinette”
The Dinner, have some reservations
Oren Moverman, how are you? I had no idea until just now that Moverman who directed The Dinner, the new movie based on the book by Howard Koch, also directed one of my (and my movie date)’s favorite movies of all time: Love&Mercy. The Dinner, sadly, is a film you should have reservations about…. Am… Continue reading The Dinner, have some reservations
“A Trip to Italy”, akin to sorbet; pretty colors, shallow nutrition
I’m a bit of a homebody and that trait tranfers over to my vacation choices as well. Meaning, I like to vacation in the ol’ US of A and think a sojourn to Italy is the equivalent of buying a fine wine when the local varietal is just as palatable. But hold up! Michael Winterbottom’s… Continue reading “A Trip to Italy”, akin to sorbet; pretty colors, shallow nutrition