One Night in Miami brought together the legends

Imagine if you will, four of the great minds of their time congregating in one hotel room shortly after one of them accomplished a feat that caught the country’s attention. That’s the premise of <em>One Night in Miami.</em> You’ll know the names on the screen in this riveting feature, the first directing effort from popular…

The Prom delivers a message of inclusion … and dancing

What would happen if the no-you-can’t mentality that created the dancing kids back in the days of <em>Footloose</em> took place in a society where social media could spread the word of cloak to a group of repressed-by-the-machine players in the big world? Hold onto your degrees of separation and get ready to pop up from…

The Rhythm Section beats with a dark heart

Blake Lively sure can do tense and dark. I pulled <em> The Rhythm Section</em> off the DVD shelf at my Liverpool Public Library work place entirely based on Lively’s appearance on the cover. I had much appreciated her work in 2018’s <em>A Simple Favor</em>, a plot-twister where her character befriends the fellow mom played by…

It could happen to us, this Irresistible political race

Imagine if you will, a small mayoral race in the town of Deerlaken, Wisc., becoming so important to the Democrats trying to win with a crusty veteran and the Republicans attempting to hold the town with the folksy incumbent that it not only draws two campaign managers fresh off the 2016 presidential race but the…

Can you Like a Boss and like yourself?

Sure, Mia and Mel have their quibble and insecurities, but they can always count on each other. Right? Right?? Right??? Yes, yes, and then comes marching in the promise of riches and big-time industry recognition in the name of a buyout from Claire Luna and her mega-company. Mel wants it. Mia doesn’t it. Claire Luna…