'Jules' Review: Ben Kingsley's Meet-Cute With an Alien Is Surprisingly Touching
Protagonist PicturesAs much as I adore the senior cinema renaissance—a time when Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton are leading packs of grandmas on adventures to Italy, the Super Bowl, and cheerleading tryouts—there’s a sort of emptiness to many of these movies. Films like Poms and Book Club (both the first film and last May’s she-quel) find their older protagonists getting their groove back, while a more thinly sketched emotional arc plays out in the background, until everything ties up with a nice,