A Simple Wedding: Movie Review

Fresh, joyful romantic comedy, consistently funny and heartwarming.

Movies that start with a break-up that look (at least to the audience if not some of the characters) like their relationship is turning a corner and moving onwards and upwards, always hook me in, especially if the humour catches you off-guard. It’s a good sign when romantic comedies are this funny from the opening scene. That’s how A Simple Wedding won me over, and it never lets up. I was laughing, laughing, crying, crying-laughing through the entire film. Let me back up and hopefully you’ll appreciate this film as much I do.		2018 Directed by: Sara Zandieh Screenplay by: Sara Zandieh Starring: Tara Grammy, Christopher O'Shea

Blow the Man Down: Movie Review

Thriller of crime and family - funny, captivating, beguiling.

From the opening scene and deep-voiced men singing melancholic sea shanties, Blow the Man Down summons you into their grit-filled world -- familiar to some, fictional to others – and takes you on a journey of crime and family. The two are intricately connected, of course, especially when directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy present us with such an atmospheric, tightly-woven thriller where every beat matters. The backdrop is Easter Cove, Maine, a small fishing village where nothing is as it seems.		2019 Directed by: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy Screenplay by: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy Starring: Sophie Lowe, Morgan Saylor

Mr. Jones: Movie Review

A poetic and supremely told story in the pursuit of truth.

London, 1933: Mr. Jones, a young accomplished Welsh journalist has the attention of some of the most powerful men in British politics. He just had the opportunity to interview Hitler and Goebbels and believes an intention to invade Poland. The old, white men laughed. One of them said, “Hitler will soon realize the difference between holding a rally and running a country.” They’re not taking this seriously. It’s even more chilling watching this in 2020, in the middle of a pandemic and an American president who would rather hold rallies than run a country.		2019 Directed by: Agnieszka Holland Screenplay by: Andrea Chalupa Starring: James Norton, Peter Sarsgaard