September 2014

Octavia Spencer in Red Band Society

Starts Today! Red Band Society

Here’s the latest preview for Red Band Society, which starts tonight on Fox. I’ll be watching. If you plan to watch, come back tomorrow and let us know what you thought. This dramedy stara Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, and a […]

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Jada Pinkett Smith in Gotham

Watch This: Go Back to the Beginning with Gotham

This fall Fox brings us Gotham, the origin story of Commissioner James Gordon’s interaction with all the characters who grew up to be Batman, Catwoman, the Joker, and a whole slew of other characters from the DC Comics universe. Ben

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Peggy Lee and Bessie Smith

Gimmie Some of That Ol’ Time Music

Two biopics about two great but very different singers from the old days are in the works and I cannot wait to see them both. It’s early yet there’s no news on release times. Bessie Smith The first is a

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picket fences

Remembering Picket Fences

There are actors you always associate with a certain show, like Sarah Michelle Gellar always making you think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I got to thinking about Picket Fences the other day because of a mention of Tom Skerritt, and

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Redwood highway

Review: Redwood Highway

Redwood Highway is an indie film starring Shirley Knight as an intrepid grandmother who walks 60+ miles along the Redwood Highway to get from her retirement home to her granddaughter’s wedding on the Oregon coast. Mild spoilers ahead. I suppose

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thanks for sharing

Review: Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing boasts a great cast in a fair story about people in a 12-step group for sex addiction. The film gives superficial treatment to 4 sex addicts’ story lines. Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad and Alecia Moore

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robin wright

7 Upcoming Films with Female Protagonists

Over the next few months there will be several films with women leading the cast coming to your theater. I celebrate every one! Here are a few – I probably missed some. Let me know in the comments if there’s

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