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This based-on-a-true-story film can serve as a tonic for those jaded by so much bad news from politics, shootings, and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Though highly embellished, director Jon Gunn’s reminds us that here are a lot of good people out there who care about their fellow humans. There is …
A lonely small town widower befriends an alien when its UFO crashes in his backyard & soon is joined by 2 women in keeping the secret from government agents.
I have enjoyed most of Wes Anderson’s droll comedies, especially Moonrise Kingdom and Isle of Dogs. This time his satirical tale set in the desert town of Asteroid City, Population 87, left me a bit cold and nonplussed. Its hero is a husband grieving over the recent loss of his wife and his inability to …
An old man grieving over his wife’s death cannot paint until his granddaughter’s touch inadvertently reminds him of the love they had share.
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.
A recently widowed man, overcome by grief, discovers a locket his wife had saved with an inscription from another man, wonders if his marriage was a sham.
A Swedish tragicomedy by director Hannes Holm is Sweden’s Oscar nominee for 2016. Click the image to read my entire review.
A bored retired widower enters a senior intern program at an online clothing company, & despite ignorance of the Internet, becomes a change agent for all.
A wrong delivery of a lunchbox in Mumbai results in the neglected wife corresponding with the stranger. His notes encourage her to follow her dreams.