Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday July 28, 2 pm ET, available by clicking here. You can also catch it later on demand on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Podchaser, Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Jiosaavn ...

Reviews of “The Invite,” “All That’s Left of You” and “Marty, Life is Short” are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Radio Network, available by clicking here.    ...

“Marty, Life is Short” (2026) (USA). Cast: Martin Short, Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, John Mulaney, Paul Shaffer, Deb Devine, Walter Parkes, Michael Short, Oliver Short. Archive Material: Nancy Dolman, Mel Brooks, Johnny Carson, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Dick Ebersole, Roger Ebert, Sally Field, Joe Flaherty, Glenn Frey, Victor Garber, Selena Gomez, Charles Grodin, Bill Hader, Goldie Hawn, Ron Howard, Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan, David Letterman, Rick Moranis, Bill Murray, Conan O’Brien, Bernadette Peters, Gilda Radner, Kurt Russell, Harry Shearer, Meryl Streep, Brian Short, Charles Short, David Short, Nora Short, Olive Short, Tom Snyder, Dave Thomas, Justin Timberlake. Director: Lawrence Kasdan. Web site. Trailer. For what it’s worth, celebrities are often regarded as vain, narcissistic, self-absorbed and unapologetically materialistic, generally consumed with their own ambitions, being the center of attention and lining their pockets. Seldom are they widely recognized for qualities like artistic integrity, personal fulfillment and noble intentions. But those generalizations do not always provide realistic depictions; there are individuals who indeed embody sincere motivations that drive their craft and their lives. But how do they defy the so-called model and turn out like that? Such is the ...

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday July 14, 2 pm ET, available by clicking here. You can also catch it later on demand on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Podchaser, Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Jiosaavn ...

“The Invite” (2026) (USA). Cast: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton. Director: Olivia Wilde. Screenplay: Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. Story Source: Cesc Gay, writer-director, “Sentimental” (“The People Upstairs”) (Spain) (2020). Web site. Trailer. Nineteenth Century Irish novelist, playwright and raconteur Oscar Wilde, widely known for his witticisms and observations about life, is generally credited for the following arguably astute advice: “One should always be in love. That is the reason why one should never marry.” And it’s most fitting that those very words should eloquently serve as a cinematic epigraph at the start of a new comedy-drama about a casual, neighborly social occasion that goes awry while simultaneously providing its unsuspecting participants with new, eye-opening, revelatory insights about life, love, marriage, sexuality and a host of other topics, “The Invite.” Ah, the joys and comforts of wedded bliss – or, at least that’s what some might like to believe about Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Olivia Wilde). The long-married couple with a teenage daughter lives in a spacious, upscale apartment in San Francisco that Joe inherited from his parents, the kind of residence that most of the city’s residents can only dream about. Joe, a former rock ...

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, beginning Tuesday June 23, 2 pm ET, available by clicking here. You can also catch it later on demand on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Podchaser, Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Jiosaavn ...