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Spotlight – A Movie Review

December 10, 2015 B. John 299 Views 0 Comments Biography, catholic church, Drama, History, Josh Singer, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Newspaper, Rachel McAdams, Tom McCarthy

Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James and Stanley Tucci, SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT is a tense investigative dramatic-thriller, tracing the steps to one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times.

Movies

Movie Review – Fox Catcher

June 7, 2015June 6, 2015 B. John 1379 Views 0 Comments Bennett Miller, Biography, Channing Tatum, Dan Futterman, Drama, E. Max Frye, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Sport, Steve Carell

Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers. When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility. This is one to watch if you haven’t already.

Culture Featured Movies

The Kids are All Right – A Movie Review

August 1, 2010 B. John 239 Views 0 Comments Annette Bening, Drama, Josh Hutchersonkn, Julianne Moore, LGBT, Lisa Cholodenko, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Two teenaged children conceived by artificial insemination get the notion to seek out their birth father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers have built for them. Once the donor is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re-defined, and then re-re-defined. This was an excellent movie which I highly recommend with some caveats.

Culture Movies

Blindness – A Movie Review

March 8, 2009 B. John 172 Views 1 Comment Adaptation, Don McKellar, Drama, Fernando Meirelles, Foreign, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Culture Movies

Zodiac

August 2, 2007 B. John 257 Views 0 Comments Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Crime, David Fincher, Drama, Jake Gyllenhall, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Thriller

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970’s case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith’s book, the movie’s focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people.