Monday, January 15, 2018

The Movies 1

The 2017-2018 Movie season is in full swing. The best 2017 movies are just now getting to our town and just in time.  

Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle: This is a fun popcorn movie with action, comedy and a fun story.
Teenagers in Adult bodies caught in a video game.  ***star  2018 Movie 1


Molly's Game:  True Story with great cast and direction. Oscar material. It is freaky what the IRS can do.  One of the year's best.  ****star, 2018 Movie2


The Darkest Hour: True Story of Winston Churchill played masterfully by Gary Oldman.  A key part of the story was his handling of Dunkirk (another recent movie).  This is a great object lesson in what true leadership looks like.   ****1/2 stars,  2018 Movie 3


The Post:  True Story of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were the forerunner to Wikileaks.   While I was sweating the draft during the Vietnam War, The NY Times and the Washington Post were given Top Secret Pentagon documents by David Ellesberg that showed that the Vietnam war was not only unwinnable but they new it  along time ago.  Stephen Spielberg is masterful at telling this story. What makes this so timely is that it is the Press against the President and  It is about a woman that heads a major company in a time when men ruled EVERYTHING.
Oscar stuff with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.  This is 5 star. 2018 Movie 4



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