This movie didn’t interest me much when I saw the trailers; it tells the true story of one writer, Dalton Trumbo, who has been blacklisted because he belongs to the Communist Party. After serving time in jail Trumbo finds a way for himself and others in the film industry to continue to work, although never receiving credit for their talents. Trumbo won two Academy Awards for his films before he was able to come out of hiding and receive the recognition that should never have been taken from him in the first place.

I enjoyed the movie and I definitely recommend it.

I’m often hesitant about seeing a movie based on a book that I have loved. Knowing that the author of the book wrote the screenplay made my decision easier.

The movie is very well done and really portrays the messages from the book – the isolation while being held captive as well as the overwhelming feelings upon their release.

Both Brie Larson (Ma) and Jacob Tremblay (Jack) were outstanding in their performances. If you liked the book you’ll love the movie.

This certainly wasn’t the best Cohen Brothers movie I’ve seen. George Clooney was great and there were funny moments but I think I missed some of the “old movie” references.

Or maybe I was just too tired to enjoy another movie night!

Didn’t we just spend four days in the theatre at the Film Festival?

This was the start of the Spring season of the Cinematheque Series and it was almost like a continuation of the festival. Spotlight is a group of four investigative journalists at the Boston Globe. When a priest is accused of molesting a child the team gets involved. Rather than make the story about one priest and one incident, their editor encourages them to go for the bigger story – the cover up of the incident by the Catholic church. As the investigation continues they find evidence linking over 80 priests with child abuse. The story also lets us see how the deeper story was covered up and ignored during the years preceding the story.

A good cast in the starring roles, and lots of other familiar faces.