Red Joan: Judi Dench plays a spy in this rather leaden drama
The most traitorous act about this British spy story would be to admit that one didn’t like (Dame) July Dench’s performance as the octogenarian widow suddenly arrested by the Authorities for what she got up to at University in the 1940’s. The hesitation is not a reflection of her in anyway, but in the … Continue reading
Rio, I Love You
This is the third anthology in a series (with a further two in the works) that takes an affectionate look at the one of the world’s major cities with an omnibus of short movies. Like the previous two ….Paris and New York … the movie is overloaded with cinematic talent that includes some of the very best international … Continue reading
The High Note: a pedestrian back-stage dramedy
You could be mistaken in thinking that naming this rather pedestrian drama about middle-aged rock star The High Note an act of irony, but sadly it isn’t . In her first movie starring role, Golden Globe Winner Tracee Ellis Ross (Blackish) plays Grace Davis and cuts a dashing figure in her expensive wardrobe as … Continue reading
The Incomparable Rose Hartman
79 year 0ld Rose Hartman has a reputation as an iconic photographer for her stunning intimate photographs of the famous celebrities and fashion legends that she has been shooting for over the past three decades. She also has a very definite reputation with practically everyone who knows her as being a throughly unpleasant pushy person for reasons … Continue reading
Zipper
Actor Patrick Wilson could pass for disgraced ex New York Governor Eliot Spitzer if the lighting was just right, but this rather clumsy drama that is either based or inspired by Spitzer’s downfall, just couldn’t ever be mistaken for the real thing. Wilson plays Sam Ellis who is a Federal prosecutor who is on the … Continue reading