Author Archives: Jonathan Tappan

Dreamgirls

This is a film adaptation of the Broadway musical about a singing trio with a suspicious resemblance to The Supremes. It is top-level entertainment with rousing songs and some first-rate… Read more »

Happy Feet

This movie is about penguins that sing and dance. It also has a plot, I think. There is a young penguin who can’t sing and wants to tap dance, but… Read more »

The Good Shepherd

Robert De Niro’s new movie (his second attempt as a director) is a long, dark and convoluted psychological thriller about the early days of the CIA and the men who… Read more »