Peneflix MOVIE REVIEWS BY PENEFLIX

Fellow Movie Lovers Your feedback, observations and criticisms have been valid and welcomed! Some have asked for a repeat of my Five Star rating system: Five Stars: the movie has to be flawless. Four Stars: almost perfect. Three Stars: good but not great. Two Stars: go if you have absolutely nothing else to do. One Star: the movie should not ... Read More »

Fellow Movie Lovers A SERIOUS MAN Growing up in an upper middle class Christian community, studying comparative religions in college, I developed a fascination for Judaism and its amazing story of survival. From the Babylonian captivity (506 BC), Diaspora from Rome (70AD), Spanish Inquisition, expulsion from every European country and the ultimate degradation, the Holocaust, Judaism did not die, nor ... Read More »

Fellow Movie Lovers WHIP IT The appropriate word to describe this coming of age movie is “sweet”! Drew Barrymoor’s directorial debut should be applauded; casting herself in a minor role is an exercise in humility that should also be commended. Ellen Page (Juno, Smart People) stars as the frustrated small town teen, seething to break the binds of her very ... Read More »

Fellow Movie Lovers FAME The delicious and gentler remake of the 1980 movie that garnished two Academy awards! Fame a four letter word that entices us to ponder its meaning; subjective to its very core. Fame comes in all packages and in all categories; the media keeps us posted on its parameters or non parameters! The unmitigated and raw talent ... Read More »