Worth Seeing
[See “Honor Bound” in The American Spectator of April, 2012, under “Articles”]
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A charming, unpretentious little movie from Mexico that gradually reveals to us hidden depths and a surprising emotional power
A sharply-observed and powerful tragi-comedy set in the streets of Beijing is at least the equal of its Italian neo-realist model.
The Hollywood in-joke of presenting Jack Nicholson as a therapist for angry people takes this movie a long way, but not long enough.
Almost Famous begins in 1969 with a literary discussion about Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird between a precocious eleven year-old, William Miller (Michael Angarano), and his widowed mother, Elaine (Frances McDormand). A college professor in San Diego, Elaine has obviously invested a great deal of hope in her son, whom she intends to be…
