I, Tonya (2017)

I, Tonya (2017)

C – 120m
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 – Widescreen
Screenplay By: Steven Rogers
Pro.: Margot Robbie
Dir.: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson and Bobby Cannavale.

Tanya Harding’s bright future as an Olympic ice–skating competitor is in jeopardy when her ex–husband intervenes. Brash and fowl–mouthed docudrama style film is strictly by the numbers. The actors are great, the pace is solid, but it’s all be done before. As docudramas go, this is the way they should be rather than: The Gallant Hours (1960). Humor is here, whether intentional or not may be up for questioning, but it is present. Alison Janney won a richly deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her portrayal of one of the worst mothers in screen history!

Trivia: Allison Janney practiced for many years to be a figure skater. When she was 17 she had a bad accident of sliding through a glass door. Her leg was nearly severed and didn’t skate again for many years.

Oscar® winner for: Best Supporting Actress – Allison Janney. Oscar® nominated for: Best Actress – Margot Robbie, Best Supporting Actress – Allison Janney, and Best Editing. Allison Janney won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. The film was nominated for additional Golden Globes for: Best Picture – Musical Or Comedy and Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy – Margot Robbie. 

Rated: [R] – Perverse Language, Violence, & Some Sexual Content / Nudity
Available on Blu–ray, DVD & Digital Copy

The Rewrite & Some Kind Of Beautiful (2014)

The Rewrite (2014)

C. – 107m
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 – Widescreen
A.K.A.: The Reluctant Professor
Writer – Dir.: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, J.K. Simmons, Marisa Tomei and Allison Janney.

An Academy Award winning Hollywood screenwriter is forced to take a job as a writing teacher to pay the bills after Hollywood has rejected all of his ideas for another film. Affairs of the heart come into play here too. Surprisingly well done film is a sleeper hit of 2014. Good performances and a solid story leave one feeling satisfied at the end of the film. The cast is in fine form.

Available on Blu–ray, DVD & Digital Copy.

Some Kind Of Beautiful (2014)

C. – 99m
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 – Widescreen.
A.K.A.: How To Make Love Like An Englishman, Professor Love
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell and Ben McKenzie.

A Cambridge poetry professor reevaluates his life when true love enters the picture. The premise is simple, the genre is drama but what sits in front of the audience is a romantic Dramady that has a good heart. Worth watching… Fine performances help this sleeper hit. On a trivial note, Malcolm McDowell is only ten years older than Pierce Brosnan but plays his father here anyway.

Rated: [R] – Language, Sexual Content, Some Nudity & Drug Use
Available on Blu–ray, DVD & Digital Copy