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Daily Archives: June 18, 2023
Classic Film Review: “The Yearling” (1946), still Breaking Hearts after all these Years
The movies used to be more fearless when it came to breaking children’s hearts. Films like “Bambi” and “Old Yeller” weren’t bent on protecting a child’s uncertain knowledge that the world is an impermanent place, that pets and parents and … Continue reading
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Book Review: “Laura Dern & Diane Ladd — Honey, Baby Mine, A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)”
“Honey, Baby Mine” is a not-really-a memoir that reads like a podcast someone passed along to a printer. That’s kind of what you get when turn a long series of transcibed conversations into a book. And that’s what Oscar-winner Laura … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Gal Gadot shows off that “Heart of Stone”
Gal G is a secret agent chasing a master hacker endangering global stability in this Aug. 11 Netflix actioner. Jamie Dornan also stars. Looks slick.
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