“Only the Brave” – “If this isn’t the greatest job in the world, I don’t know what is.” – Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin) Eric Marsh utters the aforementioned declaration during a moment of satisfaction of a job well done, but his chosen profession is also one of the most grueling and physically taxing that one can imagine. Eric is the superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite firefighting force, and this particular group of men earned a notable distinction. The hardworking, Prescott, Ariz. crew became the first municipal hotshot…
Month: October 2017
Sean Baker constructs ‘The Florida Project’, one of the best films of 2017
“The Florida Project” – “Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it’s very beautiful.” – Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights and education advocate “These are the rooms we’re not supposed to go in, but let’s go anyway!” – Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) Families from all over target Orlando, Fla. as a vacation city, because of its famous theme parks, and Disney’s Magic Kingdom shines as its crown jewel. According to a June 1, 2017 The New York Times article, 20.4 million people visited the Magic Kingdom…
Say hello to an insightful biopic, ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’
“Goodbye Christopher Robin” – The name Christopher Robin should quickly resonate with anyone who has watched a Winnie the Pooh television special, film or read one of A.A. Milne’s (Domhnall Gleeson) children’s novels. Friends with Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin is a human character in these tales, but he also doubles as the real-life son of A.A. Milne, and director Simon Curtis (“My Week with Marilyn” (2011), “Woman in Gold” (2015)) explores this absorbing family story as well as the origin of an exceedingly popular and lovable literary bear. Curtis…