notes from vivace

Nightcrawler . Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhall) is near rock bottom. In order to survive, he steals various metal parts such as manhole cover...

The Theory of Everything . This movie is based on the relationship/marriage between physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Remayne) and Jane Hawk...

Whiplash .  Andrew (Miles Teller) is a drumming protégé on the path to greatness. He’s 19, attending the number one music school in the nat...

Birdman . Riggan (Michael Keaton) was once one of the top Hollywood actors, starring in three Birdman superhero movies. That success event...

Wake Up Lucid . They put that guitar through a workout.  And then on more than a few occasions the drummer explodes into a violent tantrum....

I recently saw a couple movies that I DVR'd that are tangentially in the same genre:  Gangster Squad and Broken City. Gangster Squad. ...

I headed over to The Smell to catch one of my favorite bands, Feels.  Along the way, I was able to catch  Endless Bummer .  This band plays ...

Magnolia Memoir .  Mela Lee, the lead singer, at times sings with tender care and at other times turns on the dynamic vocals.  Add in the th...

We're the Millers.  David Clark (Jason Sudeikis) is a small time pot dealer.  Unfortunately for him, he is robbed of his pot stash and c...

Interstellar .  This movie provides the viewer with an engrossing story line and stunning visuals.  At 169 minutes, I didn't even feel t...

Fury. This movie tells the World War II tale of a Sherman tank crew led by Sergeant Don Collier (Brad Pitt). His team includes Boyd Swan ...

A Clockwork Orange.  Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is a psychopathic delinquent.  We meet him as he and his gang are off beating up a homeless man...

The Children's Hour (1961).  Karen Wright (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha Dobie (Shirley MacLaine) run an all girls boarding school that cat...