by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – 45 Years ****1/2 Short Take: Just before their 45th wedding anniversary a couple receives news that will forever change their relationship. REEL TAKE:…
Movie Reviews – January 2016
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Carol **** Short Take: Beautifully mounted period piece, set in the 1950s, about a married woman’s relationship with a shop girl and the…
Movie Reviews – December 2015
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Brooklyn ***** Short Take: The story of a young Irish woman who moves to America in the early 1950’s. Reel Take: To describe…
Movie Reviews – November 2015
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Bridge of Spies **** Short Take: Good old fashioned story telling about good old fashioned courtroom drama and cold war espionage, based on…
Movie Reviews – October 2015
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Black Mass **** Short Take: Biopic about the rise of Boston Irish mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his alliance with corrupt FBI agent…
Movie Reviews – September 2015
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Diary of a Teenage Girl **** Short Take: The sexually frank story of a 15 year old girl in 1976 who has an…
Movie Reviews – August 2015
by Michelle Keenan & Chip Kaufmann – Ant-Man **** Short Take: A refreshingly light superhero movie with big heart and lots of laughs. REEL TAKE: In the interest of full…
Movie Reviews – July 2015
Dope **** ½ Short Take: A precocious trio of misfits from ‘the Bottoms’ inadvertently end up with a backpack full of drugs, a gun and a wild ride. Reel Take:…
Movie Reviews – June 2015
Avengers: The Age of Ultron *** ½ Short Take: An unbelievably convoluted plot, too many characters, and overbearing special effects made this a real endurance contest for me, but fans…