Jean,
This is a story of three women who join forces to get revenge against a
philandering husband. It has some very funny scenes and most of them
are due to the actions of Leslie Mann. She can steal a scene just by
staring at someone. There are also
some very funny lines but you have to listen carefully as the
actresses just run over them. This movie is just too long, but it does
have it's moments if you have patience. I would not go out of my way to
see this movie unless you also are a big fan of seeing Cameron Diaz and
Kate Upton in white bikini bathing suits on a beach or two or three. Dad
The previews were:
Words and Pictures
Wish I Was Here
Chef
Begin Again
Faults in Our Stars
Obvious Child
Jean,
This is a movie about some of the "missing years" of the Nazi doctor
Josef Mengele while he was hiding n Patagonia, Argentina in the early
1960's. He stayed with a family who were not aware of his true identity.
It is a short but quite interesting and chilling story. The Spanish
actor who plays Mengele, Alex Brendlemuhl, is just excellent in his
portrayal. It is shot in many of the actual areas of Argentina which
adds a lot to the atmospherics of the film. They also show his many
medical journals that he kept during his medical experiments and
observations. I enjoyed it ,even if it was only about one hour and one
half. Dad
The previews were:
Begin Again
Chef
A Most Wanted Man
Wish I Was Here
Jean,
This is a gentle comedy, very gentle. (There are not a lot of laughs.)
It was written and directed by John Turturro, but Woody Allen acts in
many, many of the scenes.The story revolves around
of Woody coming up with the idea of having his former employee works as
a high priced male prostitute in Manhattan. It also stars some glamour
girls like Sharon Stone and others . There is a lot of ethnic society
customs shown, mostly hasidic Jewish rabbis. If one is interested in a
convoluted story line, acted out in the ethnic neighborhoods of
Manhattan, then this is their movie. Look for more social commentary
from Woody in his stuttering , stand-up comedy manner, but more
pedantic than humorous. Dad
The previews were:
Wish I was Here
Palo Alto
The Most Wanted Man
The Immigrant
Obvious Child
Boyhood
Jean,
This is an example of..if something is good then more is better. They
give you such a long series of mindless scenes of monsters tramping on
skyscrapers, bridges and even themselves. You have to wait a long time
before you even see the star. Godzilla, but they serve up a new monster,
the MUTO meaning Massive, Unidentified, Terrestrial, Organisms. I
immediately thought of the monsters in Spielberg's "War of the
Worlds". This movie is too long at just over two hours and I did not see
Godzilla enough. But I am afraid that I will get another chance to see
him in the future. Dad
The previews were:
The Rover
Edge of Tomorrow
Into the Storm
22 Jump Street
A Most Wanted Man
The Signal
