4 Star Movies

I enjoyed this movie about an elderly Queen Victoria and her new friend Abdul, a Muslim from India that was both common and uncommon.

I enjoyed this movie about the restitution of the Gustav Klimt painting “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” to it’s rightful owner after it was stolen by the Nazi’s and then re-appropriated by the Austrian government. It is a true story,

I enjoyed this movie and give it four stars. It is about an English teacher and an Art teacher in a private prep High School that compete between classrooms over what is more powerful and important: words or pictures.

When our kids are home I watch more movies. Some years I have seen a lot in the theaters over the holidays, but not this year. I was working a lot and made time to watch these streamed videos late in the evening with various combinations of family. I enjoyed all of these but only … Read more

I enjoyed this movie, which is based on the true story of a White House butler who served seven presidents over thirty years, while his son actively worked in the civil rights movement in sit-ins, as a freedom rider, and with Martin Luther King. It serves as a rather concise survey of the hard won … Read more

  We finally saw this last night. It has been on our list to do so for a long time. I didn’t have huge expectations so found it a pleasant surprise. Why is it generally given only three stars? I loved it and would give it at least four, even leaning to five. This might … Read more

Edmond Town Hall in Newtown is our local source for two dollar movies, and yesterday the Hobbit was offered free by a corporate sponsor.

My middle sister has been after us to see this movie for a couple years and we finally got to it tonight. It’s a wonderful family film for dog lovers of every

My husband is a Pixar fan and he was the driving force behind seeing this film. We enjoyed it. I’d give it four stars; the stunning animation was done so…

I found this movie interesting and fairly realistic in it’s portrayal of the events behind the economic collapse of 2008. The fact that Hank Paulson…

We enjoyed this movie about introducing salmon to the Yemen. The themes of faith, trying to accomplish the unlikely, and of swimming against the current, were…

This movie was interesting, and thought provoking. It reduces the enormity of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict down to the level of a lemon tree. At this scale it…

This movie is about a father walking a pilgrimage through Spain on the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James, to honor his son who was killed in the Pyrenees during a storm on the first day out while walking it. In the process, this dad comes to both understand and … Read more

In 1994, the Chauvet Cave in France was discovered with remarkable prehistoric cave paintings in it dating back 40,000 years. This treasure is being strictly protected by the French government, so the advent of them allowing a film crew in to see these masterpieces is unprecedented. This documentary not only shows incredible artwork but also … Read more

This new film by Nickelodeon was refreshing in several ways. I liked how it is was mostly animated with real photography mixed in. I liked the fact that they intentionally used good vocabulary, making it more witty and intelligent, while still understandable in context. All the creatures were fascinatingly depicted, the artwork excellently done. Johnny … Read more

This is the most unusual film I’ve seen in quite a while. Animated for adults, in detailed but subdued watercolors, this intentionally slow paced, sweet, movie is totally NOT from Disney! Created by Europeans and Asians, with incredibly little dialogue, the artwork in this is remarkable, the caricatures are interesting and varied, while the story … Read more