Movie of the Week: ‘Away We Go’

“Away We Go” (2009)– “Relationships are hard.” – Everybody “Life is hard.” – Almost everybody For Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph), their relationship and life in general are hard, but more the latter. Burt sells insurance, but not straight-up medical, auto, or home.  He sells insurance futures.  What?  (Yea, he explains it, but I still don’t get it.) Anyways, he’s struggling to earn a lucrative salary, which becomes problematic when his long-time girlfriend, Verona, becomes pregnant. Since they’re 33 years young and “don’t have basic stuff figured out,”…

‘The Green Knight’ is a devilish and honorable game

“The Green Knight” (2021) – Truth or Dare.  It’s a devilish game.  Sometimes, the player faces a no-win circumstance because each choice will cause detrimental angst.  Reveal a long-held crush when the said person sits – right there – across the living room, or pour two ounces of Tabasco in a wine glass and gulp it down.  Yikes.  Perhaps, look to Joshua from “War Games” (1983) for advice when dealing with such alternatives. “The only winning move is not to play.” In writer/director David Lowery’s film – based on “Sir…

Movie of the Week: ‘Without Limits’

“Without Limits” (1998) – Steve Prefontaine is one of the all-time great American long-distance runners, but in 2021, some may not have heard of the man nicknamed Pre. During the early 1970s, however, he was the University of Oregon’s favorite son, and he probably still is. The UofO has held the annual Prefontaine Classic meet on campus for 46 years running (pardon the pun). Director Robert Towne is no stranger to the sport. He wrote and directed “Personal Best” (1982), a film about a pair of female athletes training for…