In preparing to write this review I struggled with how I wanted to approach the movie and the review. For those of you that know me, I am a Baltimore native and a first-generation fan of the Baltimore Ravens. When the Ravens drafted Michael Oher in the recent 2009 NFL Draft it was all over [...]
Cheri is under the impression it’s a play with cameras watching it. Missing are the set changes in favor of editing to the next scene but the exchanges between the characters feel like they’re on stage rather than trying to emulate life on film. Director Stephen Frears brings it in terms of set design and [...]
Let’s address the Titanic comparisons first. Yes, Leonardo and Kate are again the love interest, this time as Frank and April Wheeler. You’ll have to imagine all but a scene or two or their falling in love - before you’ve finished the popcorn, they are 1950’s suburbanites with two kids. And yes, there are other [...]
