Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George thriller. Very engaging drama of a fanciful Iraqi scheme to build bio-weapons near an Iowa university. Equally interesting is the government compartmentalization that tries to avoid discovering what’s going on.
Wonderful adult comedy with Theron and Seth Rogen as unlikely romantic leads. Both fish-out-of-water make the movie work on many levels. And the theme of the need for integrity in all things political couldn’t be more timely or germane for the audience.
Esme Creed-Miles is terrific as the engineered assassin, raised until a teen in the forest, looking for her identity and her real parents. Enos and Kinnaman are also exceptional as her creators and handlers, now pitted against each other.
Exceptional Icelandic story of individualism fighting corporate values relentlessly shaping a short-term future away from long-term human desires.
xceptional restoration of actual World War I footage using the actual participants in a way no actor could duplicate. As interesting as the restored footage is the 30 min follow-on piece about the decisions used in the restoration and the painstaking efforts to ‘get it right’.
Psudeo-documentary of Dick Cheney political career and his role in the Iraq war.
Excellent addition to the Star Wars films. More story and character interest than other performances and history.
Fascinating sexual history of Queen Anne.
Fantastic documentary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to the Supreme Court while fighting gender discrimination.
Jason Matthews top-notch spy thriller of Russian and American operatives recruiting each other under the watchful eyes of their KGB and CIA bosses. The damaged Russian ballerina of the title was particularly well drawn as the main protagonist.