Cloud Atlas all over the place

YEP – If there was an Oscar awarded for Best Trailer, Cloud Atlas would have walked away with the statue, no contest. But there’s not. What made for a thought-provoking and lyrical (and viral!) trailer resulted in a convoluted mess of a movie, with more prosthetic noses than a clown convention; and twice as many story lines as … Continue reading →

Gatsby mostly great

YEP YEP – “He was the single most hopeful person I’d ever met,” narrates Nick Carraway in the opening moments of Baz Luhrmann’s hugely anticipated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic great American novel, The Great Gatsby. So, after several months of promos and buzz, I was hopeful I could get past my initial disappointment in the … Continue reading →

The Intouchables a pragmatic love story not to be missed

INSPIRED – What constitutes the perfect friendship? The Intouchables goes a long way toward answering that loaded question with a story of profound wisdom and restrained grace. Philippe suffered a paragliding accident and is now confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from “neck to toe.” He hires Driss, an immigrant slacker from Senegal, as his personal valet. Philippe … Continue reading →