Year: 2017

Say hello to an insightful biopic, ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’

Jeff Mitchell

“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…

Celebrate Guillermo del Toro’s birthday by watching his first feature film

Jeff Mitchell

Acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro turns 53 on Mon., Oct. 9, so why not celebrate his birthday by watching one of his movies?  In 1993, he wrote and directed his first feature film, an odd – but very memorable – vampire story called “Cronos”. Here is a quick review of “Cronos”, and you can find the film via Netflix DVD and Amazon Streaming! “Cronos” (1993) – When you think of Dracula, what image appears? For many, it’s Bela Lugosi, who sports a black cape and exposes his fangs in the original “Dracula”…

Luckily, Harry Dean Stanton decided to star in ‘Lucky’

Jeff Mitchell

“Lucky” (2017) – “I’m a late bloomer.  It’s just a matter of how you evolve, of what your pace is.  Hopefully, the older you get, the more you grow.  So, that’s been my speed.” – Harry Dean Stanton Lucky (Harry Dean Stanton) walks everywhere throughout his modest, Southwestern town.  He practices yoga every morning, but he also smokes every day.  During a doctor’s visit, the good physician (Ed Begley Jr.) happily reports that Lucky’s blood pressure is a fit 115/70, and he appears perfectly healthy.  Lucky is 90 years old. …