Posted on 01/25/2013 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments
EntertainmentDustin Hoffman steps behind the camera to direct his first movie, the warmly wonderful comedy Quartet. In this week’s video review and clips, Bill Newcott marvels at how Hoffman lets his veteran cast do what they do best. Photo: Kerry Brown/The Weinstein Company
Posted on 01/18/2013 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments
EntertainmentAfter 10 years in the California governor’s mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in The Last Stand, his first post-Governator lead role. In this video review, Movies for Grownups’ Bill Newcott says Arnold is just fine as a small-town Arizona sheriff … so long as you don’t think about it too much. Read my full review HERE photo credit: Merrick Morton/LionsGate Entertainment
Posted on 01/9/2013 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments
EntertainmentIn our first Online YouTube review, Bill Newcott of AARP’s Movies for Grownups ponders where the ’60s kids in Not Fade Away learned to talk like that…and why they never go to White Castle. Here’s a clip of James Gandolfini “welcoming” his son (John Magaro) home from college. You can see how broadly writer/director David Chase draws his characters—not a lot of nuance here. Photo Credit: Barry Wetcher/Paramount Clip Courtesy Paramount/Vantage
Posted on 10/31/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments
Entertainment | Your LifeIn 1972 when I was 16, two girlfriends dared me to join them at the movie theater to see “Last House on the Left.” It is a sadistic slasher film that, I learned years later, had raised the bar. They knew I was anti-gore and anti-violence when it came to just about anything, especially with regards to what I watched on the big screen. I had always been, for lack of a better description, overly empathetic. But of course, I …
Posted on 09/22/2012 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments
EntertainmentBilly Crystal confessed that he was left shaking after the thunderous audience response he got at tonight’s preview screening of his new film Parental Guidance. Those shakes may well been the result of emotional overload, but it may also have had something to do with the sheer physical effect of 2,500 people simultaneously leaping to their feet and roaring their unconditional approval at the final fade-out. Of course, audiences at the Movies for Grownups Film Festival are always appreciative. The …
Posted on 09/21/2012 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments
EntertainmentWe were already thrilled to be showing this year’s most prominent movie for grownups — The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — at our film festival this year, but 20th Century Fox did us a true solid by hosting a High British Tea reception before today’s screening. As you can see, the room was striking, with decorations and tea settings that evoked the film’s unique story, about a group of British retirees who settle down in India. Lovely Indian music played, and the …
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