Month: May 2021

Movie of the Week: ‘Bringing Up Baby’

Jeff Mitchell

Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12 in 1907, 114 years ago, so AHFW wants to feature our favorite Hepburn film as our movie of the week! “Bringing Up Baby” (1938) – Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) is trying to use the peak of his powers, as his life is coming into focus.  He works hard at the Stuyvesant Museum of Natural History and looks for one more bone – an intercostal clavicle – to complete a monstrous brontosaurus skeleton.  Just one more!   The good paleontologist just needs to convince philanthropist…

Statham and Ritchie release keen fury in ‘Wrath of Man’

Jeff Mitchell

“Wrath of Man” – Meet Patrick Hill (Jason Statham).  He applies for a job at Fortico Security, a private armored car company that transports millions of dollars from casinos, private banks, and department stores to their owners or whoever in greater Los Angeles.  Twelve trucks and one central hub can sometimes circulate up to 150 million dollars on a single day, so Fortico takes precautions with fortifying its facilities, vehicles, and workforce. So, Patrick takes an 8-hour test to ensure that he has the right stuff, including a marksmanship exam,…

Five Bad Movie Moms

Jeff Mitchell

Here’s wishing all the moms a Happy Mother’s Day!  Certainly, cinema has offered thousands of examples of altruistic moms over the last 100 years, but not always.  Sometimes, a movie will come along, and you’ll say to yourself, “Oh, I’m glad that horrible woman is not my mother.” Here are five downright scary examples of bad moms over the last five years.  Enjoy?? Blanche Weboy (Lesley Manville), “Let Him Go” (2020) – When Margaret and George Blackledge (Diane Lane and Kevin Costner) travel from Montana to North Dakota to see…