Everyone gets paid in the Drug Abuse Treatment Business! Vin (Frank Grillo), the movie’s narrator and CEO of New West, a snake-oil treatment facility, explains that with the Affordable Care Act, an operation like New West can bill roughly $300,000 per patient for a 90-day stay. Multiply that by 60 beds, booked year-round, and New…
DOUBLE FEATURE REVIEW The Conversion – The Outer Limits and The Apology – Seinfeld In April we had our first double feature! Beginning with “The Conversion”, an episode of The Outer Limits, and finishing with “The Apology”, episode 9, season 9 of Seinfeld. Watching “The Conversion”, we don’t just see a sci-fi story, we see…
The Shack, directed by Stuart Hazeldine and based on the novel by William P. Young, is a deeply emotional story of grief, faith, and forgiveness. Starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, and Tim McGraw, the film follows Mack, a devoted husband and father whose life is shattered after the tragic loss of his young daughter. Consumed…
The movie, My Name is Bill W. starring James Woods as Bill Wilson, JoBeth Williams as Lois Wilson, Gary Sinise as Ebby Thatcher and James Garner as Dr. Bob Smith, stays pretty much on script hitting the most of the events outlined in Bill’s Story from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The film outlines…
Flight, starring Denzel Washington, is a poignant step-one story of an alcoholic’s journey to admitting powerlessness. Riveting, emotional and true to the reality of the suffering addict, this 2012 film is packed with action, tension and of course – frothy emotional appeals! Following the life of a troubled airline pilot Captain ‘Whip’ Whitaker, played by…
Heartwarming, introspective and timeless, we screened what is often described as the definitive version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, SCROOGE. This 1951 classic directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, starring Alistair Sim as Ebenzer Scrooge, demonstrates the transformative power of reviewing our own conduct over the years past. (AA, p. 69) We see a man…
A beautiful adaptation of the power of “good works” and its ability to create a profound alteration to one’s reaction to life.