“The Human Stain”

“The Human Stain” is a disjointed story about a secret. In general, cannot recommend this film unless you are interested in seeing acting ranging from non-existent to potential Oscar nomination. The secret is revealed early and developed with many flashbacks. There is nudity, foul language, bloody boxing, and one long and unnecessary scene of Gary […]

“The Station Agent”

“The Station Agent” is an odd, little film about the friendship that develops among a dwarf, a young man who has returned home to help his ailing father, and a woman whose child was killed in an accident. The central character is the dwarf who inherits a train station from his employer who ran a […]

“Pieces of April”

“Pieces of April” is a dark comedy about a family going to spend Thanksgiving with the estranged daughter. This “not perfect” daughter decides to bring the family (parents, brother, sister, grandmother) to her small apartment to reconcile with her mother who is battling cancer and to have them meet her new (black) boyfriend. Sort of […]

“Radio”

“Radio” is based on an actual ongoing friendship in So. Carolina between a white football coach and a mentally disabled black man. The story is good, but the movie is loud, sappy, and overdone. It is good to see Debra Winger again, but not in the role of the homey coach’s wife. Cuba Gooding is […]