‘Begin Again’ Rewards a Search for Entertainment Amidst Lackluster Alternatives

It's a film that may or may not still be at "a theatre near you," but if your local cinema, cineplex, or cinerama is still showing "Begin Again," you'll want to run and see it before the week is out.
“Begin Again” is a cast of Hollywood and television favorites joined together to play nobodies, and somebodies, who have experienced gradations of fame, fortune, falling down, and sinking further down, in the music business, without violence or overly gratuitous displays of “stupid.” 
Keira Knightly sings. 

John Carney has used his spirit from "Once" to make another feel-good movie. CeeLo Green is fun to see and doesn't overdo it, spot on. Adam Levine is having fun in his first feature film. My guess is that he dreamed as a kid of being in a movie and now, he is.
Click HERE for the full movie review. 

James Garner, Beloved Film and Television Actor, Dies at Age 86

James Garner's face and voice are among two of the most recognizable and well-liked attributes of an easygoing guy from Oklahoma, whose talents in Hollywood provided countless hours of true entertainment over the past five decades. He was Bret Maverick, he was Jim Rockford, he was Cash McCall...whatever role Jim had, he made that personality on paper come to life, every writer's dream.

Here's an in-depth review of some of his work. Click HERE. To say "he will be missed" is one of the least powerful statements in the world, but he will be. Plain and simple, just the way he was. A Hollywood legend. He is survived by his wife Lois, and their daughters Gigi and Kim, and their families, and a legion of movie and TV actors who most enjoyed working with him.