Friday Night Flix

Tootsie (1982) How far will an actor go to restart his career? Michael Dorsey, superbly played by Dustin Hoffman, is a talented actor. But he’s also volatile and extremely difficult to work with. Consequently no one will hire him. He needs a “makeover.” Solution? Dress up as a woman and audition for a female role […]

Lost in America (1985) Talk about a mid-life crisis. Two middle-aged, 1980’s yuppies decide to quit their L.A. jobs, liquidate their assets, and travel the country in a Winnebago with their $100,000 nest egg. Albert Brooks convinces his wife (Julie Hagerty) that they were born to be wild. “Just like in Easy Rider.” The plan […]

Juno (2007) What a sleeper! This movie came out of nowhere to earn an Academy Award nomination for Ellen Page as “Best Actress” and a nomination for “Best Picture.” It stars Page as a quirky, independent minded teenager who suddenly learns that she’s pregnant. Now what to do… Abort the pregnancy? Have the child and […]

Sleeper (1973) Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton… Who knew that the future would be this funny? Through the wonder of cryogenics, Miles Monroe, a nebbish health food store owner is frozen in time and awakened 200 years later into a police state ruled by a ruthless dictator. Miles is then recruited into the rebel […]

"Away from Her" (2006) should appeal to those who care about the love in a long-standing marriage. It is the story of a long-married Canadian couple as they cope with the wife's (Julie Christie) decision that she must go to live apart because of her Alzheimer's. As the film progresses, the husband finds the physical […]

To begin the Valentine's Day weekend, on February 12th "Romeo and Juliet" (1968) will set the mood. This is the classic tale of star-crossed lovers from Shakespeare and Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. The film was revolutionary in its time, as the stars were the same age as the characters, and it was filmed in beautiful […]

"The Skin I Live In" (2011) directed by the incomparable Pedro Almodóvar. A brilliant plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas) is haunted by past tragedies. Trying to cope with his grief, he invents a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. However his guinea pig is a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the […]