Tag: Julianne Moore

  • Echo Valley review, how far will a mom go for her child?

    Echo Valley review, how far will a mom go for her child?

    Echo Valley is a suspenseful, emotional look at a mother and daughter relationship. When the drug addict daughter arrives home in bloody clothes, how much will the mother do to protect her child? There are some spoilers ahead.

  • Sirens brings something different to your TV screen

    Sirens brings something different to your TV screen

    Sirens explores a lot in just 5 episodes. It asks many questions without answering them. It’s based on the old story about sirens singing so seductively that sailors crashed their boats on the rocky cliffs of the island where the sirens were imprisoned. In this retelling of that old story, we see it from the…

  • May December: great actors go for the cringe

    May December: great actors go for the cringe

    May December, from director Todd Haynes, tells a creepy, cringey story about an actress who goes to visit a Mary Kay Letourneau-like woman in order to play her in a movie.

  • Sharper, good old fashioned enjoyment

    Sharper, good old fashioned enjoyment

    Sharper is the kind of movie that is just plain enjoyable to watch. Excellent actors in a well-plotted story that makes you want to share every twist and turn with your friends when you tell them about it.

  • Review: The Glorias

    Review: The Glorias

    The Glorias is a biopic looking at Gloria Steinem’s life through her travels and at various stages in her life. Julie Taymor wrote and directed the film, which takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to wind its way through Steinem’s long life. The film is streaming on Prime Video.

  • 3 Reasons to Hit the Multiplex in August

    3 Reasons to Hit the Multiplex in August

    Coming to theaters in August are 3 films featuring diverse stories about women that are worth your time and dollars. They are After the Wedding, The Nightingale, and The Kitchen.

  • Review: Gloria Bell

    Review: Gloria Bell

    Before I get into the review of Gloria Bell, let me tell you a story. I’ve been a member of AARP for a few decades now – joined up when I turned 45. They’ve always had a feature called Movies for Grownups within AARP. Lately they’ve started taking movies for grownups on the road with…

  • Watch This: Trailer for Gloria Bell

    Watch This: Trailer for Gloria Bell

    Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s Spanish language hit Gloria is reborn as an English language indie with Julianne Moore in the lead role. The English version is called Gloria Bell.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Bel Canto

    Watch This: Trailer for Bel Canto

    I remember thinking the novel Bel Canto by Ann Patchett was excellent when I read it several years ago. Now there’s a film version of the story starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe.

  • Review: Wonderstruck

    Review: Wonderstruck

    Wonderstruck has been on my radar for quite a while. I like the director Todd Haynes past work very much, especially Carol and Far From Heaven. His films have such a distinctive artistic look that the mere looking becomes almost as important as the story.