Julie and Julia
Synopsis Two parallel stories about two people who love food. Aspiring writer, Julie Powell, finds her life somewhat uneventful and decides to cook all 524 recipes in a Julia Child Cookbook in 365 days and blog about the experience. Intertwined with Julie’s story is Julia Child’s own story of how she overcame the many obstacles [...]
Frost/Nixon
Synopsis This film covered the preparation and the airing of the historical 4-day interview David Frost conducted with former president Richard Nixon. Some wanted the interview to be the trial Nixon never received (due to Ford’s pardon); others simply wanted the experience of interviewing one of the most controversial men in history. Entertainment Value I’m [...]
Fight Club
The fight-club aspect of the movie is what made me interested in seeing it. I have some fond memories of the bare-knuckle fist-fights that happened at boys camps to resolve any angst or bad feelings between other kids (though never involved in any directly). But this movie was much more than just a couple of [...]