Buckle up, Peeps! Good movies season is just beginning. I hope to be seeing more movies in the coming days and telling you about them. Here's some I've seen in the last month or so:
Downtown Abbey - The King and Queen are coming to stay one night at Downton Abbey, causing a flurry of activity upstairs and downstairs. I went to an early screening of this film and I'm glad I did. The audience was very interactive, clapping when beloved characters first came on screen. It was definitely a fan's delight. All the main characters reprised their roles, except for sorely missed Lily James. I loved it.
Overcomer - A large manufacturing plant shuts down, which singlehandedly destroys the high school basketball team, as players and their families move away to where jobs are. The coach is asked to head up the track team. One athlete shows up to the first practice, an asthmatic long distance runner. Thus, the challenge of the film. It was a heart warming story, but the acting was terrible. It was cute.
The Art of Racing in the Rain - The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by Garth Stein. I read the book and talked about it here on the blog in March. Milo Ventimiglia, Kevin Costner and Amanda Seyfried starred in the very good adaptation. I liked it.
The Farewell - An Asian American family's matriarch has only a short time to live. As is the custom, she isn't told. They concoct a way to gather the family to see her one last time without the grandmother realizing why. Akwafina, Tzi Ma and Diana Lin were among the actors. I thought it would be funnier with Akwafina in it, but it was pretty good.
MK out.
