
Jerry’s faves of 2014
13 to see (or not)

Sportsbar Rockstar
Richmond’s own power trio

The Interview (review)
My first download review

Annie (review)
An 21st century rework

Casting for Faith
TheatreLAB sets 2 shows

The Imitation Game (review)
Defeating the Nazis with brainpower

Into the Woods (review)
Sondheim’s musical finally gets made

Wild (review)
Reese Witherspoon hikes

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (review)
They come alive in London

Foxcatcher (review)
Oscar buzz all around

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (review)
The journey culminates in a big one

Top Five (review)
Chris Rock as a hyphenate

Exodus: Gods & Kings (review)
Moses for the 21st century

The Babadook (review)
A thriller from down under

All earphone listening party
Sampson Trinh debuts a holiday release

The Homesman (review)
Hilary Swank plays a pioneer

Still on the wrong planet (video 1:37)
Titfield Thunderbolt plays again after 40 yrs.

A Civil War Christmas (review)
A unique but unfortunate perspective

Horrible Bosses 2 (review)
The quick-witted trio is back

The Theory of Everything (review)
The bio of Stephen Hawking

Penguins of Madagascar (review)
A fun foursome

Mr. Dickens’ Christmas Carol (review)
Four people are all it needs

Beyond the Lights (review)
The “Belle” beauty goes R&B

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (review)
Prep for Part 2

Streaming ends on Friday
The final week to order the Dirtwoman doc

Firehouse announces a new show
Continuing with one-person plays

Dave (review)
aka Lil Dicky

It’s a Disaster (review)
A deadly brunch

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (review)
Will Ferrell’s latest spoof

Mrs. America (review)
The story of the ERA

Dirtwoman gets a distributor
Ariztical Entertainment loves Donnie

The Square (review)
Life in the world of art

Please Like Me (review)
Gay comic Josh Thomas 1st series

Love, Victor (review)
Followup to the gay teen romance movie

The Picture of Dorian Gray (review)
A review of the streaming production

7500 (review)
A claustrophobic airplane calamity

The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter

Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy

They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love

Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”

Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”

Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series

Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?

Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors

Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it

Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it

Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens

Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best

Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years

Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher

Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny

Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown

Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run

Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad

Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs

Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel

Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars

Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash