Beautifulboy

There is no greater love — *Spoilers alert How can we save someone, who is unable to save himself? How can we reach out to someone, who wants help, but is constantly nudged by his own demons, only to sink deeper each time? The movie Beautiful Boy talks about these issues, but offers no obvious solution. Nic is…

By Mark Based on a true story, Beautiful Boy is adapted from not one, but two books by father and son David and Nic Sheff and is the first English language film from director Felix van Groeningen (“The Broken Circle Breakdown”, “The Misfortunates”). One of the books was written by…

(Act V of a Hot Polish Woman) First couple of months in Australia was heaven and hell at the same time. Loved exploring, loved the beach; but hated the work I was doing, hated the fact that my English skills were not as good as I thought and the individuality…

“This is me dad, here, this is who I am.” How old were you when you realized your parents couldn’t control your decisions any more? I often have these out of body experiences where I realize that I was the creation of two people, but now those two people have…

When the trailer for ‘Beautiful Boy’ (2018) came out, my toes were literally curling. I couldn’t believe that my two favorite actors in the world, Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell were banding together to create what looked like an incredible drama. …

SPOILER ALERT! Read no further is you haven’t seen these movies — but are planning to do so. But — for all of you who have seen them both . . . keep reading! MY OPINIONS (aka “I’m just sayin’ . . . ”) I’ll begin by saying that these are my opinions and I understand that yours may be different. That’s…

When walking out of a movie screening, usually I jump right into discussing aspects of the film, such as the acting, storyline, quality- or lack of quality. When the film ‘Beautiful Boy’ came to a close instead, I ended up walking out of the theatre with my friend without saying…