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Love & Mercy (2014)
This is the best music biopic since Immortal Beloved
It's almost impossible to portray the work involved in making a great song in a movie. Love and Mercy accomplishes that and so much more. It is an emotional juggernaut that every boomer should enjoy. Dano and Cusack nail the early and later Wilson. Elizabeth Banks holds the whole thing together with the "flash forwards" featuring her pitch-perfect performance.
The typical music biopic is a formula of rising star gets drugged out, falls from the pinnacle and either dies an early death or maybe makes a comeback after getting sober. This movie explains WHY all those things happened to Brian Wilson and does it with an unblinking eye. It treats the audience like they have brains.
This movie is not for the faint-hearted. It tells it like it was. Some very sad episodes, but an ending worth waiting for. Go see it.
Tomorrowland (2015)
The best family movie in a generation
Tomorrowland was a totally unexpected movie for me. "SciFi Action" is what I usually go for. I didn't do my homework on this one and it's a good thing as I would have missed an amazingly good film. The first 20 minutes are quite confusing, which is good. I like a mystery. By the end of the movie all is explained. The Sci Fi angle is just right and everything works. The casting is perfect as is the chemistry between virtually all the actors. It is a thoughtful, emotionally rich movie that can be enjoyed by children at one level and adults at another. Don't miss this Disney gem. (PS, this is my true opinion and nobody paid me to say it.)