Movie Notes: Crazy Heart
Synopsis
Worn-out, chain-smoking, alcoholic country singer Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) has literally hit the end of the road, playing crappy venues in the American Southwest.
Movie Notes: The Purple Rose Of Cairo
Synopsis
Waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) obsessively goes to movies to escape the dreariness of her marriage during the Great Depression. After watching The Purple Rose Of Cairo several times in one day, the character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen and into her life.
Movie Notes: Iron Man
Synopsis
Billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) undergoes a change of heart after capture by terrorists in Afghanistan.
Movie Notes: Tron
As a kid, I was obsessed with Tron. I remember absolutely having to see it, and my parents bought me the book Art of Tron. While other kids clamored for Rocky III I wanted to see computer nerds hacking into a corporate system populated by guys in spandex throwing Frisbees. Today, I live in the Bay Area.