Engaging actors, pleasant music, good for fans of Hallmark movies plot: single dad freaked over daughter's desire to be a doctor and go to college out of state. He hastily forms a band with her and they give their first performance to a crowd of supportive listeners as he closes out his unprofitable record store. There's a first lesbian romance, hints of promising heterosexual contacts in the future for Dad. Not much plot. Toni Collette is great as usual. My recommendation: wait till it comes on TV.
Three movies to review. First, Book Club. Oy vey. Terrible. It's fun to see the aging faces of some of our favorite actresses, but that's not enough to sustain a whole movie. I can save you the price of admission by reporting on them. Jane Fonda does not look like herself, but she's super thin and sexy. Her mouth must have hung out near too much botox because it does not move. At all. Diane Keaton looks great and is still wearing the adorable kookie clothing she's known for. Mary Steenburgen, admittedly a bit younger than the others, looks the best. Finally Candace Bergen looks her age, is comfortably chubby, and has a few good lines in the film. Aside from looks, what is their to discu
My story about meeting my second husband, Shelly, and remarrying at age 50, "Desperately Seeking Soul Mate," has just been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Miracle of Love edition. https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-Soul-Miracle-Beginnings/dp/1611599806/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1528295271&sr=8-2&keywords=chicken+soup+for+the+soul+miracle+of+love I do have a few copies I can sell to you directly and I'm always happy to autograph a copy . Here's a sample: I had recently turned forty-eight and seriously contemplated placing a personal ad in New York Magazine: "Fat, Forty, With Fibroids." I needed a little humor to keep me going. For the past sixteen years I'd raised my son on my own, with
