c.d. breaks the ice with Basketball…Basketball…Basketball.  Then opines on…the not your Mom and Dads spring break movie…Spring Breakers…with an award quality performance by James Franco.

CD hits the ground running with a lesson on B movies. Then he dives into Phantom, a delightfully engaging B movie about a Soviet submarine crew.

The birthday Maven begins speaking of senior moments and losing his phone.  He then opines on and turns his attention to…Americana of the highest order…The Oscars.

Our Maven of Culture wants to remind you to go to the websites of The Jewish Film Festival and The Film Society of Louisville to find films not showing at the bigger theaters.

This week he reviews the deep and adoring Amour.

CD starts upset because he missed Leeza Gibbons when she was in town last week. He then turns to the Jewish Film Festival and an intriguing film during World War II, My Best Enemy.  After that, he talks about two flawed films he wanted to love, Stand Up Guys with Al Pacino, Alan Arkin and Christopher Walken, and Hyde Park On Hudson with Bill Murray and Laura Linney.

CD opens with his attempt to see Les Miserables. He could only take 10 minutes, and went to see Gangster Squad. Then he focuses on the endearing Dustin Hoffman film Quartet and the worth-seeing French film Rust and Bone.

First, I get enlightened on trivia from Mad Dogs and Englishmen.   Then  we get more enlightenment on a film that c.d. feels is well worth seeing…the story of a Spanish couple and their 3 sons caught in the tsunami…The Impossible.

c.d. says forget The Hobbit…it will not get one cent from him.   That said he concentrates on 2 smaller films.   The enchanting period piece…A Royal Affair and the well acted…A Late Quartet.