If you like “a boy and his dog” movies, you’ll love director, Albert Hughes Alpha, set some 20,000 years ago in Europe. During a hunt Keda (Kodi Smit-McPhee), the timid son of a chief falls over a cliff and is left for dead on a ledge that no one can reach. When he awakens, the …
Lean on Pete (2017)
I’m giving this boy-and-his-horse story 5 stars. Click the image to read my entire review.
Brad’s Status (2017)
A father taking his son for an interview at Harvard envies too much his more successful peers until he learns what is truly important in life.. drawing him closer to his son and wife.
Menashe (2017)
In a NYC Hasidic community a widowed father struggles against his family & community’s strong pressure to remarry so his son can have “a proper” upbringing.
War for Planets of the Apes (2017)
Exciting and thought-provoking! (5 out of 5 stars) Click on the image to read my entire review.
Dean (2016)
A father & son deal with their grief over the loss of their wife/mother, the son fleeing NYC to LA for a while, & the father seeking to sell their house against the son’s wishes.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (2017)
The Guardians overcome numerous obstacles as Peter seeks to discover the identity of his father.
The Lost City of Z (2016)
An English explorer persists in returning to the Bolivian jungle to search for a lost city, despite the sacrifices to himself and his wife & children.
The Road to Perdition (2002)
Bounds of loyalty are tested when the son of a hit man sees his father & the boss’s son kill people, & the boss decides the young witness must be killed for the sake of safety.
Fences (2016)
Superb drama starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. 5 stars! Click the image to read my entire review.