Tag: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“Falling” —In and Out of Love

Written by diana on February 17, 2014. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment on “Falling” —In and Out of Love

Falling A post-Valentine’s Day sleeper about romance with a Hitchcockian twist, “Falling” is a story based on the real-life experience of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. Howard was courageous in exposing her vulnerability in this absorbing story originally produced for British television and now available on Netflix. Middle-aged novelist Daisy (Penelope Wilton, the fabulous classical actress of Downton Abbey and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” fame), is heartbroken by her husband’s infidelity and subsequent dissolution of her marriage. Escaping to her remote country cottage to write...

My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Written by diana on December 31, 2012. Posted in movie reviews, Unhealed Wound. 5 Comments on My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

Happy New Year–the Year of the Snake in 2013! Most of all, I want to again thank all of you for your responses and comments, and for continuing to read my blog! With 2012 coming to an end, I wanted to take a look back at the movie reviews I wrote this year. When I counted the reviews I have written this year (=21), I wanted to see what would be my top ten favorites. It wasn’t easy, especially for independent films. This list is not ranked –only my top ten for 2012, grouped by genre. INDIES and FOREIGN CINEMA 1) A Separation (March 23 review)– An Iranian “Rashomon”,...

“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”–For the Elderly and Beautiful

Written by diana on June 30, 2012. Posted in movie reviews. 9 Comments on “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”–For the Elderly and Beautiful

Adapted from a novel, These Foolish Things, by Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a finely nuanced film portraying seven British retirees: a widow (Judi Dench) whose late husband drove her into debt, a bigoted nanny/bookkeeper who is resigned to get a discounted hip replacement in India (Maggie Smith), retired judge (Tom Wilkinson) looking for his long lost lover, a sex fiend bachelor Norman (Ronald Pickup), a Blanche Dubois-type femme fatale (Celia Imrie), and a married couple who do not want to live in reduced circumstances in “senior living” (Bill Nighy and...

Tag: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“Falling” —In and Out of Love

My Top Ten Movies for 2012–Reviewed, Not Necessarily New

“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”–For the Elderly and Beautiful

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