“Dave” (1993) – U.S. President Bill Mitchell suffers a stroke and lies in a coma, so Chief of Staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) and Communications Director Alan Reed (Kevin Dunn) have a local employment agency manager, Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline), impersonate the president…for a while. You see, Dave is Bill Mitchell’s uncanny doppelganger, but pretending to be the leader of the free world? That sounds frightening, but not as scary as attempting to convince First Lady Ellen Mitchell (Sigourney Weaver), who carries the gravitas of a U.S. president herself. While…
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Movie of the Week: ‘Croupier’
“Croupier” (1998) – Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) is a writer, a struggling one. Yes, that’s the seemingly eternal and cliché story for writers, but there’s a long thread of truth and history with such claims. While Jack grapples with putting pen to paper or typing on his antiquated (by 2022 standards) word processor, his dad finds him a lead for a job. Jack interviews for a card dealer and roulette position, a croupier, at London’s Golden Lion Casino. It’s a hot spot that looks fancy on the surface, but Jack’s…
Movie of the Week: ‘The Impossible’
“The Impossible” (2012)– A family living abroad in Japan decides to vacation on a gorgeous piece of real estate, The Orchid Beach Resort, on the coast of Thailand for the 2004 Christmas holiday. With powdery sand, lanky palm trees, blue ocean, warm sunshine, and luxurious creature comforts, this particular spot might be heaven drawn up on Earth. For Henry (Ewan McGregor) and Maria Bennett (Naomi Watts), the pressure of raising their three young boys and climbing social and financial ladders simply melts away during lazy afternoons and comfortable evenings in…