Quote from: LennG on March 24, 2024, 06:50:54 PMSo it's more movies.
"The Holdovers' an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture starring the great Paul Giamatti. I was looking forward to when this movie would start streaming and it became available a few days before the Oscars. We watched it a few days after that and I loved it. It is sort of a comedy-drama with a great story, a fantastic performance by Mr. Giamatti, and just a great watch all around.
Quickly, Mr. Giamatti is an old, stuffed shirt of a teacher at a boy's academy. It is Christmas break and several of the students have nowhere to go so they are to stay at the academy. Mr. Giammati is alone with also nowhere to go so he takes on the task of watching over these boys for the 2-week break. The story is about his relationship with one boy in particular and we got into the premises right away and the movie just flowed with comedy and heart-tugging scenes. I would heartily recommend this movie. No killing, no sex, but an enjoyable watch.
The next movie we watched last night. " Moving On" is another movie myself and my wife have been meaning to watch for some time and we finally did. Movie stars two of the greats, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. We liked this movie a lot, maybe because of the great chemistry between the two lady stars as they really seemed to get along perfectly.
Quickly, both ladies are widows and when a close friend dies they go to the funeral. Ms. Fonda has a grudge against the deceased friend's husband and wants to kill him. Ms. Tomlin is sort of a free spirit but after circumstances wants to join Ms. Fonda in doing away with said husband. Remember this is a comedy so some of the things that happen are very funny with a few sort of drama points thrown in. Just watching these two greats of the screen and of comedy, was a thrill, as both are nearing the point of not doing many more movies. If you want some light entertainment this would be a good watch. I would recommend it.
I agree with you about "The Holdovers" I thought it was very good.
Bill