I See Sandra Bullock!

After her superbly understated performance as Harper Lee in the undervalued film Infamous, I developed a whole new respect for Sandra Bullock. She should have been honored with an Academy Award nomination, along with the unforgettably brilliant Toby Jones, who was light years ahead of Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role of Truman Capote. (They Read More

Grand, Empty Lesson On Civil War Battles

In war, the battles always overshadow the people who fight them. Maybe this is the reason why there have been so few memorable films about the American Civil War and absolutely none about the American Revolution. War films have a way of turning into history lessons, while audiences balk at the idea of paying money Read More