Nancy Meyers does amazing movies. Many of the movies I own and love have been written and/or directed and/or produced by her: It’s Complicated, Something’s Gotta Give, Baby Boom, Jumping Jack Flash, The Holiday, The Parent Trap, What Women Want. She’s very good at showing love stories and friendships between people who are older than … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2015
The Martian
I kinda like Ridley Scott. I prefer the stuff his brother Tony did, but they’ve also worked together so much (see The Good Wife), that you sometimes have to stop and think “which one was that?” I’m a big fan of Kingdom of Heaven, G.I. Jane, 1492: Conquest Of Paradise, Thelma & Louise. Later movies, … Continue reading
Miss You Already
Movies about cancer aren’t rare. Good movies about cancer are. Think about it. Either, one of the characters is ill, but it’s left a bit by the wayside, mentioned here and there; or the whole movie is centred around the disease, but it’s more often than not romanticised. Even the hospitals. To be fair, I … Continue reading