Felicity Jones (L) and Joel Edgerton (R) in Clint Bentley's Train Dreams. He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that with so many trees as wardens, no danger could find him . -Denis Johnson, Train Dreams Logger Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) never knew who his parents were. A mostly self-taught lad who came to Fry, Idaho (later Bonners Ferry) sometime before the turn of the 20th century, Robert

Ariana Grande (L) and Cynthia Erivo (R) in Jon M. Chu's Wicked: For Good Wicked Director: Jon M. Chu Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Michele Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum Remember the sequence in 1939's The Wizard of Oz , the one where Dorothy's house, seemingly swept up by a midwest tornado, lands in Munchkinland, falling on the Wicked Witch of the East in the process? All that's left of her are the ruby shoes and a pair of striped red socks. Anyway, the house

Colin Farrell in Edward Berger's Ballad of a Small Player. Not all movies are created equal, and not all streaming options provide the best movie experience. By now, most of you who read this blog know that I'm a purist about going to a theater to see a movie: the way they were made - and intended - to be seen. Of course, certain films, notably those that are smaller and more intimate in terms of conversations between characters, set design, location, and scope of story, can

Margaret Qualley (L) and Ethan Hawke (R) in Richard Linklater's Blue Moon. On a dark and rainy night in November 1943, a drunken Lorenz "Larry" Hart (Ethan Hawke) stumbles down a NYC alley, incoherently mumbling song lyrics before collapsing on the street. As he lies alone shivering in the cold, a message appears on the screen, informing us that Hart died several days later from complications of pneumonia. But was it just pneumonia, or did other demons contribute to Larry's d