Domhnall Gleeson as Jim Farrell and Saoirse Ronan as Ellis Lacey in Brooklyn. PHOTO COURTESY Fox Searchlight Pictures What a beautiful movie John Crowley has made in Brooklyn, the adaptation of Colm Toibin’s 2009 novel. This loving look back to early 1950’s America and one young Irish girl’s immigrant experience is a gorgeously rendered slice […]
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Phillips, gripping tale of two captains
Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips. PHOTO COURTESY COLUMBIA PICTURES We all like to think that we would behave in heroic fashion when put in a stressful situation. Thankfully, very few of us will find ourselves in the sort of position Captain Richard Phillips did on the morning of April 8, 2009 when four Somali […]
