“The Right Stuff” is a super film that documents the evolution of the space race.  I love this film – the characters are wonderful, all the more so because they were real people.  The challenges were totally amazing.  The fortitude, courage, and sheer determination required to accomplish the goal of getting into space was intense, absolute, and unyielding.  If you know anything about how the film was made, it is even more interesting.  Many of t ...     Read entire post

  Recently, my little film group watched “Lion in Winter” and “Becket”, neither of which I had watched for some time.  Both star Peter O’Toole.  The first was simply wonderful – very sharp dialogue, no glitz, a story of 12th century family dysfunction.  Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn simply shine in this movie.  Additionally you’ll get a chance to see the very young Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton before each ...     Read entire post