Author: Jeff Mitchell

Celebrate Eva Green’s birthday with ‘Proxima’

Jeff Mitchell

Paris native Eva Green turns 42 years young on July 6, and to help celebrate this talented actress’ birthday, watch her 2019 film, where she plays an astronaut about to leave on a one-year mission in “Proxima”. Vive la France…and Eva! “Proxima” (2019) – “Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry.”  – cartoonist Barbara Dale “It’s not difficult to take care of a child.  It’s difficult to do anything else while taking care of a child.” – Julianne Moore Sarah (Eva Green) is a mom. She…

Movie of the Week: ‘I, Tonya’

Jeff Mitchell

“I, Tonya” (2017) – “America.  They want someone to love, but they want someone to hate.” – Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) Twenty-eight years ago, during the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the most hated person in America was a 23-year-old figure skater.  Tonya Harding.  The American public directed their ire – fueled by a constant media swarm from very reputable and questionable news outlets – at Ms. Harding due to the infamous assault on her main rival Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver) at a Detroit ice rink just one…

Pick ‘Apples’. This eccentric, minimalist dramedy is one of the year’s best films.

Jeff Mitchell

“Apples” – It’s a pandemic!  No, not COVID-19, but without warning, various Greek citizens succumb to mysterious cases of amnesia.  Medical experts can’t pinpoint the transmission methods or the underlying reasons why someone suddenly cannot recall their name, spouse, or home address.  Worse yet, a discernable cure isn’t anywhere in sight, and the condition appears permanent. Thankfully, Athens isn’t under a lockdown, and doctors don’t wear protective attire or squirt frequent dabs of sanitizer when treating their new forgetful patients, but director/co-writer Christos Nikou and co-writer Stavros Raptis don’t exactly…