Browsing: Robin Williams

Maybe Mrs. Doubtfire isn’t your favorite film of the late great Robin Williams vast filmography, but it’s one of ours. A masterful mix of heart and struggle, with comedy that still holds up today. It’s been 25 years since Daniel Hillard (Williams) and his wife Miranda (Sally Field) separated in the film, a decision that caused a devoted […]

I’m very lucky to live (and work) in San Francisco, CA. The city, with more in common with Ancient Rome than perhaps most modern cities (built on seven hills, cultural and political hotbed, bathhouses, etc.), knows how to deliver a film festival. 2018’s San Francisco International Film Festival theme just happens to be diversity and […]

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle is a film I believe the majority of fans of the original didn’t want. ESPECIALLY so close on the heels of the death of Robin Williams, which many are still dealing with in their own ways. The one plus being that this wasn’t truly a ‘remake’ or a ‘reboot’. Welcome To The […]

Before you watch this, keep in mind it is one of the final “new” Robin Williams movies we’ll ever have.  Thanks for the laughs, Sir. Williams reprises his role as President Theodore Roosevelt in the third movie in the Night at the Museum series, which finds the magical tablet that animates him and fellow historical […]

The interwebs were abuzz today with the rumors of funnyman Robin Williams in talks to become a woman again!  Ok, well, a man pretending to be a woman. In 1993, audiences experienced the comedic and at times heartbreaking realities of a family going through the pain of divorce, and the lengths a man would go […]