American Sniper:Cooper hits the mark
By: Megan Shea With a name like Clint Eastwood’s next to the director’s title, there’s bound to be plenty of hype following a film. Add an A-list cast- it’s got the critics’ attention. Throw in one of More...
Laugh and Cry With Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig
By Skip Sheffield Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader made us laugh in their years with “Saturday Night Live.” They may make you cry with “The Skeleton Twins.” “Maybe we were doomed from the beginning,” goes More...
“The Drop” a Gritty Career Finale for James Gandolfini
By Skip Sheffield Rest in peace big Jim Gandolfini. It’s been over a year since James Gandolfini’s untimely death in Rome at age 51. “The Drop,” Gandolfini’s last movie starring role, is More...
The Sad But True “Last of Robin Hood”
By Skip Sheffield Dashing actor Errol Flynn buckled his last swash suddenly on Oct. 14, 1959. He was just 50-years-old, but he had lived life to its limits. Errol Flynn is played by Kevin Kline, and his More...
“The Last Sentence” a Salute to Free Speech
By Skip Sheffield Sweden was ostensibly neutral during World War II. It was not easy. “The Last Sentence,” playing at FAU’s Living Room Theaters, is a black-and-white movie that illustrates just More...
An Artist and His Muse
By: Skip Sheffield There have been countless stories of artists and their muses, dating back to Dante and even before. “The Artist and the Model” is another such story, but it is particularly, artfully realized More...
“Pacific Rim” a New Benchmark in Monster Movies
By: Skip Sheffield “Pacific Rim” is the newest mother of all monster films. Sure the story is absurd and the premise is beyond belief, but ever since “King Kong” in 1933, plausibility has never been a strong More...
Growing Up is Hard to Do in “Frances Ha”
By: Skip Sheffield “Frances Ha” is a creative collaboration between two people who love and understand each other. Those people are writer-director Noah Baumbach and wife, writer-actress Greta Gerwig. Baumbach More...
"Star Trek Into Darkness" Fast, Funny and Touching
If you liked the 2009 reboot of the “Star Trek” series, you are going to love the sequel “Star Trek Into Darkness.”When director J.J. Abrams reimagined the science-fiction space odyssey that began as a cheesy More...
Big Stars Get Naughty in "The Big Wedding"
By Skip Sheffield “The Big Wedding” offers some big-name movie stars the chance to talk dirty, act naughty and get paid well for it. Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro play a divorced couple who are asked to pretend More...
