Movies: "Enough Said"
I love Autumn. The weather turns crisp, the lawn doesn’t need mowing every week and the movies become so much better. Case in point: “Enough Said,” a sweet, funny film about adult relationships,...
View ArticleMovies: "Captain Phillips"
British filmmaker Paul Greengrass brought a visceral documentary style to such powerhouse movies as “Bloody Sunday” (2002), “United 93” (2006) and the best of the Jason Bourne adventures (“The Bourne...
View ArticleMovies: "Short Term 12"
Snuggled into the cineplex opposite such monster hits as “Gravity” and “Captain Phillips” is this small slice of reality, written and directed by 30-year old filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (“I Am Not...
View ArticleMovies: "The Fifth Estate"
The trouble with this newfangled computer age is it just doesn’t make for very compelling cinema. Hey, if you want to see a bunch of people tapping away at their keyboards, just look up from your...
View ArticleMovies: "The Counselor"
Dark doings south of the border. Fast cars, guns and snazzy parties. A big drug deal goes awry and the naive man in the middle finds himself the target of a vengeful and remorseless Mexican drug...
View ArticleMovies: "12 Years A Slave"
“The past is never dead,” wrote William Faulkner. “It’s not even past.” That old Southerner’s observation certainly holds true for this movie, in which we are called upon to witness the ugly truth...
View ArticleMovies: "Dallas Buyers Club"
In his earlier film career, Matthew McConaughey seemed lazy and laid-back, letting his well-toned body do most of the acting for him. But with this year’s “Mud” and now “Dallas Buyers Club,” he is...
View ArticleMovies: "American Hustle"
With its clever script, terrific cast and 1970s vibe, here’s a movie to put a spring in your step and a song in your heart (maybe by America or Steely Dan), even if it is all about corruption.“Some of...
View ArticleMovies: My Favorites of 2013
This will be my final movie review for wcsh6.com. For the past three years I’ve greatly enjoyed many hours in darkened theaters and my efforts to explain to you precisely why I did or did not like...
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