#eldersrock

Pernilla August in Britt-Marie was here

Review: Britt-Marie Was Here (Britt-Marie var här)

Britt-Marie was Here (Britt-Marie var här) is a character study based on a novel by Fredrik Backman. Like all Backman’s characters, Britt-Marie is unique, a bit odd, and has a big growth arc during the time we get to know […]

Review: Britt-Marie Was Here (Britt-Marie var här) Read More »

Jodie Comer, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Shirley Henderson, Siobhan Finneran, Romola Garai, Antonia Thomas in Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives

Review: Snatches: Moments from Women’s Lives

Snatches: Moments from Women’s Lives is a series of short monologues from women. It first aired on the BBC in 2018. Each monologue tells one woman’s story. Each is powerful and strongly delivered by 8 outstanding actors.

Review: Snatches: Moments from Women’s Lives Read More »

Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi in Darby and Joan

Darby and Joan, adventures in Australia

Darby and Joan stars Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi in a charming road trip adventure through the most gorgeous places in Queensland, Australia. She’s on a quest and he’s along for the ride.

Darby and Joan, adventures in Australia Read More »

Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy in Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho, a horror show with great music

Last Night in Soho is an exciting and surreal horror/mystery film about an aspiring fashion designer who finds herself in a 1960s dreamscape full of murder and gruesome herds of ghosts.

Last Night in Soho, a horror show with great music Read More »

Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan in Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride, cheerful wedding comedy Cuban style

Father of the Bride has been made twice before, but not like this Cuban/Mexican melange of English, Spanish, tradition, and modernity. It is lighthearted and fun and something to cheer you up a bit after a day of dreary news.

Father of the Bride, cheerful wedding comedy Cuban style Read More »

J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek in Night Sky

Review: Night Sky, family drama and sci-fi mystery

Night Sky intrigued me. It was about a happy older couple who shared a secret about an alien world. The human relationships in the story were warm and wonderful, even as the sci-fi aspects of the story were mysterious and

Review: Night Sky, family drama and sci-fi mystery Read More »

Minha Kim and Lee Min-Ho in Pachinko

Review: Pachinko, epic family saga from Korea

Pachinko is a fascinating, beautifully written and photographed family saga. Everything revolves around the Korean character Sunja, whose life story is told from birth into her 80s. In the photo above you see the teen Sunja, played by Minha Kim.

Review: Pachinko, epic family saga from Korea Read More »

Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda in Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie, the final episodes, a loving farewell

The final episodes of Grace and Frankie were told with tenderness and affection. The two key relationships – Grace and Frankie and Sol and Robert – were written as the beautiful love stories they had always been. Everyone is getting

Grace and Frankie, the final episodes, a loving farewell Read More »

Jane Seymour as Harry Wild

Review: Harry Wild, amateur sleuth

Harry Wild stars Jane Seymour as a former professor of literature at an Irish university. She retires from teaching and quickly becomes an amateur sleuth solving cases that hearken back to famous works of literature.

Review: Harry Wild, amateur sleuth Read More »

Scroll to Top
WordPress Cookie Notice by Real Cookie Banner