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‘Olympic Dreams’ Scores With Inside Look

By Lynn Venhaus Alternately charming and frustrating, “Olympic Dreams” squanders its spectacular setting with a scattershot romance that ultimately is a letdown. Two strangers in... Details

Chilling ‘Incitement’ Gets Inside Mind of Itzhak Rabin’s Assassin

By Lynn Venhaus Based on true events, writer-director Yaron Zilberman chronicles the disturbing descent of a promising law student into a delusional ultranationalist obsessed with... Details

Movie List Monday: Favorite Movie Presidents

Lynn Venhaus
February 20, 2020
11 min read
136

On this President's Day, let's look back at the films centered around an American President, and what actors were best at portraying the Commander-in-Chief –... Details

‘The Assistant’ a Quiet Film that Speaks Volumes on #metoo

By Lynn Venhaus A quiet film whose topic speaks volumes, “The Assistant” is a dramatic recreation of something that goes on in countless offices across... Details

‘Love Story’ at 50: The Iconic Romance Revisited

By Lynn Venhaus Where do I beginTo tell the story of how great a love can be-- Carl Sigman and Francis Lai, “(Where Do I... Details

Acting Elevates True Crime Drama ‘Just Mercy’

By Lynn VenhausAttorney Bryan Stevenson’s own account of the Walter McMillian case, as recorded in the 2014 bestselling nonfiction book “Just Mercy: A Tale of... Details

The Highwaymen

Lynn Venhaus
March 24, 2019
3 min read
108

The Plot: In 1934, two former Texas Rangers come out of retirement to hunt down notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose bank robberies... Details

Lynn Venhaus
February 8, 2019
2 min read
106

The Plot: Not to be confused with Disneynature’s “Penguins,” this sci-fi coming-of-age animated feature starts out with penguins on the loose in a suburb far... Details