by Mike Siegel | Jun 24, 2016 | Donald Trump, News
I remember taking a tour of Italy in 2003 and visiting a winery in the Chianti area of Tuscany. It was frankly astonishing to hear the owner talk about the European Union having specific limitations on the kinds of grapes he could grow and the quantity of grapes he...
by Mike Siegel | Nov 10, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, St. Vincent Movie Review
Bill Murray has had a long and distinguished career focusing primarily on comedy. He has been given a project in St. Vincent that offers him the same opportunity offered Bruce Dern last year. Dern was an academy award nominee after a long career playing character...
by Mike Siegel | Nov 10, 2014 | John Wick Movie Review, Movie Reviews, News
This movie is an entertaining video game. We are all asked to “suspend disbelief” when we experience a movie. In this case, it is almost incredulous to do so. The deadly situations faced by John Wick are almost comical and fit the description “imaginary.” As with many...
by Mike Siegel | Nov 2, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, The Judge Movie Review
Motion pictures can be films or movies. A film is a work of art in which the creative elements of script, editing, directing, acting, choreography, musical score and other artistic aspects make the film a seamless visual and audio experience that lasts through time....
by Mike Siegel | Nov 2, 2014 | Gone Girl Movie Review, Movie Reviews, News
There is an Alfred Hitchcock feeling to this thriller with its many twists and turns, first empathizing with one character and then another. Ben Affleck plays a husband whose wife goes missing. He is mystified by her disappearance, but as the film unfolds we learn of...
