Post tagged with Meryl Streep

  • Cinema in Focus - THE IRON LADY - 3 Stars

    January 21st, 201211:52 AM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    It is easy to understand why Phyllida Lloyd chose Meryl Streep to portray Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Not only is she a gifted and nuanced actress who sympathetically portrays Thatcher in her cloistered life as an octogenarian with dementia, but Streep also believably portrays the confidence and stubbornness of Thatcher at the height of h...

  • Cinema in Focus - IT'S COMPLICATED - 2 Stars

    January 02nd, 201003:50 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin While attorney Jake (Alex Baldwin) lives in a world where people are asked to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," the fact is that Jake couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it. Jake leads a well-financed lifestyle in Santa Barbara, California, has a trophy wife 20 years his youn...

  • Cinema in Focus: JULIE and JULIA - 4 Stars

    August 10th, 200905:47 PM ET
    By Denny Wayman
    Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin The joy of life is found in the simple pleasures: a loving relationship, a delicious meal, a shared life. Though we all know this intellectually, it is wonderful to see our artists portray why this is true in a film like "Julie and Julia." Based on the true story of two persons who had far more in common than their...
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