Denny G., FL

          Just one from me! I'M STILL HERE (2024, but released in 2025 - Apple TV Rental): So glad I was finally able to see this movie (set in early 1970's Rio de Janeiro, a time of military dictatorship)  - excellent, but devastating!  I think it's one you'll love and hate at the same time, and is very deserving of the Best International Feature award.  Fernanda Torres' performance was incredible - this is a must see, and be sure to stay through the credits!

           Always look forward to Movie Views' monthly issues -  thank you, thank you!

 

Pamela S., NC

This issue is especially marvelous! Well, we say that each month. Anyway, loved it! Thank you!

 

Lynn W., AZ

I can’t believe it, I too started watching old but great movies this past month. Of yours I watched Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and a few months before Jake passed we watched Some Like It Hot. I plan to watch the others too.

 

Art S., IN—Reviews

             Four of us went to see the new movie, A Nice Indian Boy at the Art Cinema on Tuesday. It was a great little movie, with no violence in it--a rarity these days. It starts out at a big Indian wedding, with the brother of the bride observing all the dancing and singing and celebration and with everyone telling him he would be next. Well, he wonders since he is gay and not even dating anyone currently. His sister and parents know he is gay, but they never talk about it with him. Soon, he meets a "white boy" who was adopted by an Indian couple, who raised him. He is a photographer and artist and is instantly attracted to the gay brother. The feeling is mutual, even though they appear to be almost the opposite of each other in terms of peronality. The brother, by the way, is a doctor, whom the family is very proud of. When they finally decide for the white boy to meet his Indian parents and sister, they don't mention that he is white, so that adds another dimension to all the aspects of the situation. There are some beautiful scenes between the pairs of characters, especially one between the white boy and his gay friend's father. The parents are okay with their son marrying a gay guy and who wants a big wedding like his sister had. There's a sister story going on, too, that makes things difficult for the parents. The movie is all about acceptance and love and just the ordinary problems children have with their parents. A very satisfying story but with tears flowing, especially during the last half of the movie--many tears of joy.

            Three of us went to the Art Cinema on Tuesday evening to see the new movie, Lilly. It was based on a true story about Lillly Ledbetter, who fought to get equal pay for women. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and then was taken up by Congress during Obama's term as president. Lilly grew up poor in the South but secured a job at a Goodyear Tire Factory where she worked for over 19 years and was always paid less than men performing the same job. She had the support of her husband, but people in the small town where she lived said she was taking a job away from a man who had a family to feed. Lilly was played by Patricia Clarkson, who did an excellent job. She was full of grit and determination and it finally paid off. The rule of the land for big corporations is equal pay for equal work, even though now there is still not total adherence to the law. We all enjoyed the movie and hope it will do well at the box office. There were only about seven of us in the theater at the screening, though.

           Four of us went to the Art Cinema to see The Accountant 2 yesterday It was story about two brothers, one autistic, who get together to help the government catch some bad guys, specifically trying to locate a boy whose family was trying to enter the United States but who was abducted and is now being held in a camp with many other children. The father has been shot and we don't know exactly where the mother is. The acting is good, except that there are so many side plots or really side half-stories that it is difficult to understand sometimes what is going on. The action scenes are good, but the violence is almost overwhelming at times. There is one scene where the autistic brother learns to line dance by figuring out the algorithm instead of just being taught by his partner, who happens to be an actress in a very small role but with a great impact. I don't know who she was but you'll definitely see her in this tiniest of roles. It looks as though the brother, played by Ben Affleck, has mastered the dance steps, but I think he had some help from Ai or at least a stand-in who is only filmed from the knees down while dancing. I can only guess why there was so much violence, bul the movie could have been done telling only the main story of the immigrant family and giving a lot more background on them and then kept the parts of the two brothers, who have been estranged for about four years, and how they helped find and save the boy. Jon Bernthal and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are particularly notable in their roles. Some of the scenes toward the end of the movie were truly thrilling and by the way it ended, one knows there will be another sequel, The Accountant 3.