My family was blessed with the gift of a complete Disney World vacation from the kids’ grandpa, and it was absolutely the best week ever (Fittingly matching our new albums vacation. and Best Day Ever!) A lot has changed since I last visited Walt Disney World 40 years ago—from new thrill rides to meal plans. […]
I recently rewatched one of the best financial movies of all time: Margin Call. It’s expertly acted, intensely dramatic, and has some great cinematography. There’s only one problem for a film about the 2008 financial crisis: it completely misses the root cause. Near the end of the film, it’s clear that the filmmakers see greedy […]
There’s a chilling moment in “Experimenter” where Peter Sarsgaard, portraying the revolutionary psychologist Stanley Milgram, speaks to the audience. He explains that there was a time when people could give a fully human response to every situation. But more often now people don’t get to see the whole situation. People carry out small narrow specialized […]
Before a private screening, co-producer Eduardo Verastegui said that one of the goals they wanted to accomplish in his new film, “Little Boy” was a living Norman Rockwell painting, depicting America in all of its idyllic warmth. The heartwarming film achieved that and so much more. Set in 1940s California, “Little Boy” follows a—to put […]