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Happy New Year! 2016 movies in 2:04 minutes:

"Are you or have you ever been a member of the communist party?" That was the question asked by the House Un-American Activit...

"You want to sue the Catholic Church?" That was the implication when the Boston Globe newspaper would like to file a mot...

[For write-up and pictures from "The Hunger Games" stars' appearances at Comic-Con and the Conan O'Brien late night sho...

[Originally posted on 1/30/16] February 5 "Hail, Caesar!" ( http://www.hailcaesarmovie.com/ ) - A Hollywood fixer in the 1950...

I wasn't particularly looking forward to seeing "Steve Jobs."  Notwithstanding that I wanted to catch a noteworthy film be...

"It's not your home anymore."  The words that would cut any homeowner's heart.  It's any family's nightmare, th...

Talk about walking the talk. On a clear summer day in 1974, one man crosses the immense space between the World Trade Center towers.  T...

[Originally posted on 1/01/16] January 8 "Anomalisa" ( http://www.anomalisa.com/ ) - A man crippled by the mundanity of his l...

Two years post the groundbreaking " Gravity " and a year after the stellar " Interstellar ," along comes "The Ma...

[Originally posted on 12/10/15] A look back to 2015... hundreds of movie releases in 6:39 minutes.

[Originally posted on 10/18/15] In 1957, a New York insurance lawyer, James Donovan (Tom Hanks, " Saving Mr. Banks ," " ...

Everest.  A name that invokes majesty of nature and human accomplishment for those who have conquered it. But human beings are not mean...

Just like the first one in the series, "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" is better than it looks.  Director Wes Ball brings bac...

[Originally posted on 11/29/15] December 4 "Macbeth" ( http://www.macbeth-movie.com/ ) - Macbeth, a Thane of Scotland, receiv...

From 9/09/15 press screening:  (The Coast News 9/25/15 print edition) I dig biopics.  They inform, inspire, enlighten and entertain.  ...