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American Beauty (1999)A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s best friend.Rating: 8.3/10Stars: Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (Carolyn Burnham), Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (Ricky Fitts)20th Century Women (2017)The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and...

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A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s best friend.

Rating: 8.3/10

Stars: Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (Carolyn Burnham), Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (Ricky Fitts)

20th Century Women (2017)

The story of a teenage boy, his mother,...

Stars: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Katarina Cas, Giselle Eisenberg, Melissa Benoist, Josh Peck, Brian Smith, Scott Lawrence | Written and Directed by Dan Fogelman

It is fair to say that Al Pacino has made some questionable decisions as to what movies he has starred in recently. With Danny Collins though he reminds us just how charming he can be, in a movie about reclaiming lost life…. Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino plays Danny Collins an aging 1970s rocker who keeps himself going through the use of coke and alcohol. When his manager and best friend Frank (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter to Danny from John Lennon, it inspires Danny to look back on his life and to his roots. In visiting his home town though and seeking out his family, he may not like what he finds.

There is no doubt...

Mary Sinclair: “I’m sorry, are you on drugs?”

Danny Collins: “Currently or in general?”

In Danny Collins, Al Pacino plays an aging rock star named Danny Collins, a mix of Neil Diamond and Rod Stewart. He’s led a life of drugs, booze, and women but has failed to produce any new music in three decades. He still plays to sold out arenas, performing the same old schlock to the young and old and spends his nights snorting cocaine, drinking anything with alcohol in it, and having sex with his much-younger live-in girlfriend. The story in Danny Collins kicks in when a lost letter to Danny from John Lennon, written decades earlier, belatedly arrives, inspiring Danny to connect with a son (Bobby Canavale) he’s never met.

When Jim Batts reviewed Danny Collins here at We Are Movie Geeks in April he wrote: “Al Pacino has a...

Crazy, Stupid, Love writer Dan Fogelman has been trying to get his directorial debut – once called Imagine – up and running for a while. After some development delays, the film, now titled Danny Collins, is finally ready for the world to see and hits the UK next month. Here’s the trailer...The title character is a 60-plus rock star (Al Pacino) who is content to coast on former glories while still packing arenas and enjoying a wild life with a young girlfriend. He has no desire for anything else, perhaps unsurprisingly. But then his manager (Christopher Plummer) discovers an undelivered letter that John Lennon wrote to him when he was 19. The missive from his hero inspires him to rediscover his passion for music and creativity, while also spurring him to connect with the 40-year-old son (Bobby Cannavale) he never made time for before. As part of his new journey, he...