Tag: Joan Ellis
Scene On Film: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
By Joan Ellis
See what a good trailer can do: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened in a packed theater on a sunny afternoon after a...
Scene On Film: "The Perfect Family"
By Joan Ellis
A touching comedy about the Catholic Church is not something I’ve been expecting, but here it is. And it’s good.
As Eileen Cleary...
Scene On Film: "Darling Companion"
By Joan Ellis
Darling Companion is a good news/bad news movie. Reasons to see it: nice idea, good cast. Reasons not to: promise unfulfilled. Who...
Scene On Film: "Bully"
By Joan Ellis
Awatch the documentary Bully from the framework of their own life experiences. Have they been teachers, victims or parents of either victims...
Report From The 2012 New York Automobile Show
By Joan Ellis
Remember this name: TERRAFUGIA. With a trademarked subtitle of “Driven to Fly,” the six-year-old company sits front and center at the New...
Scene on Film: ‘The Hunger Games’
By Joan Ellis
The Hunger Games? Should you bother? Suzanne Collins' successful trilogy has been crafted and acted by talented professionals. I add, with appreciation,...
Scene on Film: ‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’
by Joan Ellis
Welcome to a grand surprise. Without much advance buzz, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen snuck into town to enliven the dustbowl that...
Scene on Film: 'Game Change'
By Joan Ellis
Game Change is a good movie about a controversial subject. When the Republicans found themselves behind in the 2008 presidential campaign, Steve...
Scene on Film: 'In Darkness'
By Joan Ellis
A long time ago I took an oral history of a woman who drove her five children in a hay wagon from...
Scene on Film: 'Wanderlust'
By Joan Ellis
Is Wanderlust just another lukewarm yuppie comedy? Almost, but not quite. Like it or not, it will be remembered as the movie that...