Author: Mike Pihlman

Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds) and Melissa Peyser (Lindsay Slone) are planning to get married. Melissa’s father, mild mannered Podiatrist, Jerry (Albert Brooks), is planning an event that Melissa will remember for the rest of her life, even though Melissa simply wants to be married on the beach with six people in attendance. Jerry meets Mark’s…

Twelve years after “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” we find that Bridget’s (Renee Zellweger) life has not changed a whole lot. She is now 43, still single, and working as a TV producer. Bridget gave up smoking and is about to 

(Intriguing History Lesson) – – Note: I remember when U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down….scary! The FBI captured Russian spy, Rudolf Abel (Oscar Winner, Mark Rylance). As a show of justice to the world, a very capable but reluctant insurance lawyer, James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is assigned to defend Abel. But, the…

(Thrilling True Story) – – Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) is interviewing one of the few survivors, Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), of the “Essex” whaling ship that was sunk many years before by a rouge whale. The events are traumatic, and Tom has never uttered a word since the events unfolded. Drinking the pain away, Tom…

(Pet’s Great Adventure) Three years ago, Max (Louis C.K.) was adopted by Katie (Ellie Kemper).  The two hit it off immediately and are only separated when, for some strange reason, Katie leaves for the day. One day, Katie comes home to a welcoming Max. But unlike other days, Katie now has a new “brother” for…