:Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, From: 20th Century Fox/Film Forum, 11/9/06.  Producers: Monica Levinson, Dan Mazer, Jay Roach; Director: Larry Charles; Starring: British comedian- Sacha Baron Cohen, Kenneth Davitian. This film pretends to be a documentary starting in Kazakhstan with a pseudo journalist named Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) traveling […]

Paramount Pictures, 2006, Directed by Jared Hess, Comedy Starring:  Jack Black, Ana de la Requera The setting is in a rural part of modern Mexico.  Jack Black plays a friar serving in an orphanage that he grew up in.  He had a childhood dream of becoming a famous wrestler, but he grows up to become […]

PictureHouse Films 2006, Directed by Robert Altman, comedy & Music Starring:  Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Lindsey Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, and Virginia Madsen (& many more). An incredible study of characters.  The film lets us in the back door of a show which is closing after 30 years. It is based […]

Columbia Pictures, Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels This was a good & funny movie.  The antics & expressions of Robin Williams were worth the price of admission.  Robin played the part of the middle-aged over-worked Bob Munro whose job was was being challenged by the ‘new’ guy fresh out of college.  At the same time […]