It is difficult to get across how truly devastating the Depression was to working families in the United States. It is more difficult still to make a Seabiscuit-meets-Million Dollar Baby boxing movie about a figure whose fame and sport is a shadow of what it once was and not turn it into a maudlin […]
I saw this film the day after the Oscar nominations were announced. It will come as no surprise to those that know me or my tastes that I was furious at this movie suddenly coming from the rear and blowing away the chances for long-deserving nominees to be recognized. I thought, “Dang Clint […]
What a delight! It is so much more than My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding, it is a truly pleasurable and funny, inspiring and sweet film, with great music, great performances, and interesting insight into a culture not much explored in American cinema. The title is odd, but it might as well say […]
