Tag: Susan Sarandon

  • Nonnas review, a sweetheart of a story

    Nonnas review, a sweetheart of a story

    Nonnas tells a heartwarming story about true events. It all started with a love of traditional Italian family home cooking and evolved into a restaurant where all the cooks were real nonnas (grandmothers).

  • The Six Triple Eight review: fill a missing piece of history

    The Six Triple Eight review: fill a missing piece of history

    The Six Triple Eight brings to light another ignored piece of American World War II history that was overlooked because it involved Black women. It’s a story worth knowing and provides long overdue recognition to an Army battalion of women soldiers.

  • A Personal Manifesto

    A Personal Manifesto

    A couple of decades ago I realized everything in my life up to that point had been determined by men. I can hear my friend Denise shouting, “It’s the patriarchy, stupid!” That’s not it – at least not completely. The patriarchy is still with us. But inside my head, things have changed.

  • Review: 3 Generations

    Review: 3 Generations

    For all the problems and rebranding involved in bringing 3 Generations to the screen, I expected it to be a mess. It was actually quite good. The emotions were real and alive. The performances were excellent.

  • Review: Mothers and Daughters

    Review: Mothers and Daughters

    Mothers and Daughters is a series of slightly interwoven tales about mothers and daughters that came out in 2016 just in time for Mother’s Day. It has an absolutely fabulous cast.

  • Review: In the Valley of Elah

    Review: In the Valley of Elah

    In the Valley of Elah from 2007 is a searing condemnation of the war in Iraq. The story is a mystery about a father and a cop who investigate the son’s murder just outside a mythical Army base in New Mexico. 

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Meddler with Susan Sarandon

    Watch This: Trailer for The Meddler with Susan Sarandon

    The Meddler looks like a knockout. Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne as mother and daughter. Guess which one’s the meddler. Yeah, not too hard. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, the film also stars Megalyn Echikunwoke and a Harley riding J.K. Simmons. A few other actors you may recognize in the film include Amy Landecker,…

  • Susan Sarandon Takes on TV

    Susan Sarandon Takes on TV

    Hollywood is officially over. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit. But Susan Sarandon just signed up to do a TV series called Graves to air on the Epix channel in the fall of 2016. Sarandon will play Margaret Graves, who is a former First Lady of the United States. Her husband is played by…

  • 7 Upcoming Films with Female Protagonists

    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 something I missed that shouldn’t be missed. Laggies Keira Knightley and Chloë Grace Moretz head…

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Calling

    Watch This: Trailer for The Calling

    In The Calling Detective Inspector Hazel Miscallef (Susan Sarandon) realizes there’s a serial killer loose in her area of Ontario, Canada. Generally all I need to know about a film is that Susan Sarandon is in it to be interested. From the trailer the film looks grim and a bit gruesome. However, the thriller does…