Peter Murmann

The discrimination and legal persecution that gay men had to go through until laws were gradually changed starting in the 1960s has been covered in many films, most recently in the film about the British mathematician Touring. But I had never seen a film about a woman facing legal persecution for having sexual relationships [Read More]

I had heard that The Reverent contains a lot of graphic violence and was not that good. The only reason why a saw the film is because it has won many Oscars and I wanted to know what all the fuzz is about. After sitting through 3 hours of violence, revenge, and [Read More]

I did not expect too much from Eddie the Eagle and was pleasantly surprised how it turned out. The film falls in the genre turn-the-life-of-a-sports-hero-into-a-movie. Three years ago, Rush dramatized with some success the relationship between two Formula 1 racers—Niki Lauda and James Hunt (see my Review]). Eddie the Eagle is a lot quieter and [Read More]

I waited for this film to come out in the USA for over a year. It was worth the wait because The Wonders takes you on a entirely different journey of the the Italian landscape. The film centers around a family of beekeepers made up of a domineering German father, an Italian mother and four girls [Read More]

If you know a lot about Apple and Walter Isaacson’s official biography of Steve Jobs, the question you would have is: How will Aaron Sorkin turn Isaacson’s biography into a film script? The film focuses on three product launches (the original Mac in 1984, The Next Cube in 1988, and iMac in 1997) [Read More]

Joy proves that it is difficult to sustain high quality film making. Pixar is an exception to this rule. I was lured to see Joy simply because the previous films by David Russell, The Silverlining Playbook and American Hustle were so fantastic. Joy gives no joy I suspect because Russell is a great director but [Read More]

Did you ever imagine the Coen brothers—Fargo, No country for old men—collaborating with Steven Spielberg. Well, they wrote the script of Bridge of Spies and Spielberg directed this interesting tale based on a true story. Anyone who is old enough to remember the Cold War will enjoy this story. The film does a wonderful job [Read More]

Kate Winslet became famous 20 years ago for her leading role in the blockbuster Titanic which is still the 2nd highest grossing film of all time. I wanted to walk out of Titanic because the love story at the center of the film felt superficial and was getting in the way of telling the [Read More]