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Saw "Spotlight" starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Rachel McAdams at Regal Cinemas. The film is based on a true story which portrays what kind of in-depth investigative journalistic reporting it takes to uncover decades of wrong-doings by the Catholic Church, regarding covering-up priests who took advantage and molested several children across Boston, Massachusetts and beyond.

This year-long investigation by The Boston Globe starting in 2001, explores several victims of sex-crimes which were committed; but no one up to this point in the film ever was convicted of a crime. It is up to the "Spotlight" Team of investigative Reporters at The Boston Globe, led by Walter "Robby" Robinson, played by Keaton to lead his staff in cracking this case by exposing the abusive Catholic Church Priests to the public and getting justice for those victims.

The compassion for the victims these reporters had and the passion to gather enough evidence from decades past in order to write a top-notch story to present publicly was extraordinary and well-acted out throughout the film! Sacha Pfeiffer played by McAdams and "Robby" played by Keaton confront attorney Eric Macleish played by Billy Crudup who represented the many victims of priests within the Catholic Church, but ultimately they learn he settled these cases outside of court to prevent any paper-trail for a future investigation like this one and obviously public uproar.

Macleish initially refuses to discuss any details of these settlements and really never does, but while confronting him in the lobby where his law firm resides, "Robby" appears to threaten Macleish for a victim list. Both he Pfeiffer finally get a list of victims from Macleish later on in the film to add to the other compiled evidence; this after originally claiming he (Macleish) sent a list of victims over to the Globe a few years prior to this investigation and no revealing story ever came from it.

Ruffalo who plays Reporter Mike Rezendes shows how much desire he and the entire Spotlight team had to prepare and write a solid story by making several attempts to find credible evidence and sources, while pro-actively taking their time in the field to gather court documents which were sealed-off to the public prior to his efforts in getting those released to the court records room.

Searching for names through old books, making phone calls and hitting the streets interviewing victims were other strategies used by the Spotlight Team while they gathered vital information up to develop their damning story against abusive Catholic Priests. Overall, the film portrayal was interestingly on-point to real-life events as reported, in addition to the acting, and lived-up to its genre, Drama. Definitely a good movie night out! My cinema score is 9/10.

You can check out The Boston Globe's take on this film HERE: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/spotlight-movie

Saw "Steve Jobs" at AMC Theaters on Veterans Day. Unlike "JOBS" (2013) starring Ashton Kutcher, "Steve Jobs" (2015) starring Michael Fassbender, as Jobs, Kate Winslet as Johanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, and Jeff Daniels as John Sculley, is one which depicts Mr. Jobs business-oriented life, along with his personal life. The struggles of starting-up a computer business, developing a good product, marketing it well to consumers' needs and dealing with taking care of personal family life responsibilities are all areas which this film touch on.

The most fascinating factor about the film was Steve Jobs himself and his driving desire to revolutionize computer technology as we know it, at any cost, no matter what, while making sacrifices all throughout when it came to parental responsibilities towards his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who he initially denied paternity.

There is a constant struggle during the film between Chrisann Brennan, Lisa's mother played by Katherine Waterston and Jobs regarding paternity. Her personal struggle is defined clearly, as applying for welfare to survive as a single mother while Apple was thriving in the early 1980's, worth an estimated $400 Million at the time was cited in the film.

Another interesting aspect of the film delves in to three exciting product launch meetings, the last in 1998 with the introduction of iMac. During the film, Steve Wozniak played by Rogen pushes Jobs to credit the Apple II team leaders during these new product launch meetings due to the impact that work had in leading in to the future of Apple and its products. Jobs appeared to be selfish and wanted all the credit aimed towards him.

This biographical movie was interesting to say the least, with several distracting yet defining moments in Jobs' life which he took as a motivating challenge to overcome, then finally realizing at the end that his daughter was more important than his technological creations. My cinema score is 8/10 and you should definitely see it if you like biographical films which take a look back at, depict, and define history.

Saw True Story (film) starring Jonah Hill, James Franco, and Felicity Jones at Regal Cinemas last night! The film is based on actual events. It was very unusual, yet interesting and visually stimulating to see both Jonah and James playing roles so out of their ordinary type. Hill portrays Michael Finkel, The New York Times journalist who is subsequently terminated by the paper after being accused of incomplete research and creating a composite character, a boy named Youssouf Male while covering a story in an article about Ivory Coast Cocoa Plantations.

After being let go by the Times, Finkel (Hill) struggles to find journalistic job opportunities until one day he receives a mysterious phone call from a man regarding an FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation Most Wanted individual named Christian Longo, portrayed by Franco, who is wanted for murdering his entire family and is eventually captured in México while claiming to be living as Finkel. Finkel decides this is an opportunity story of a life time, so he meets with Longo trying to figure out why his now tarnished journalistic name was used by this accused murderer.

Finkel agrees to share his journalistic expertise with Longo in exchange for information regarding the murders for his Murder Memoir which tells a "True Story" regarding the events portrayed in the film. While in Newport, Oregon County Jail awaiting trial, Longo corresponds with Finkel via U.S. Mail, sending him written clues which appear to be confusing and misleading about his family life, yet enough information to put the pieces of the puzzle together and compile a Murder Memoir. Finkel attends the trial and at the end he uncovers the "True Story."

The film has several twists and turns which will keep you interested. It was cool to see both Hill and Franco play roles no one would ever think they would take on. Both actors handled this "True Story" film brilliantly! Not a must see, but definitely worth seeing if you want to experience these veteran actor Academy Award Nominees in diverse roles. My cinema score is 7/10! ‪#‎maverickradio‬™