Rarely have I rolled my eyes, or wanted to gag, more than while watching New Year’s Eve, director Garry Marshall’s nigh unbearable Valentine’s Day follow-up, a movie seemingly constructed to be the Gone with the Wind of soft-serve rom-com mash-ups, and run nearly as long.
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Poetry. We’re stymied by it. The stack of “great” books we don’t read on vacation will be missing even the slimmest tome of verse. On the page or as “spoken word” performance,
Read MoreLike Crazy was a very, very good movie, but not a romantic comedy, as the box might lead you to think. It’s more of a drama that chronicles the relationship between Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones), two young college students, he an American, and she a Brit, studying in Los Angeles. They fall [...]
Read MoreI loved this movie. Midnight in Paris was lauded by the critics as well, and is up, so far, for Golden Globe and Independent Spirit awards. The DVD release has been much anticipated. Woody Allen has written a wonderful screenplay that is both unique and also evocative of some of his older work. The movie [...]
Read MoreTom Hanks has a peculiar outlook on life in Southern California, at least compared with his peers in show business: He genuinely seems to like it.
Read MoreBellflower is not for everyone. If you don’t like violence, forget about Bellflower. If you need a linear narrative, forget about Bellflower. If neither of these is a problem, why haven’t you seen Bellflower yet?
Read MoreIf you haven’t seen Beginners yet, you should check it out. What a great little gem of a movie. This film is definitely my favorite of 2011. Many people know the storyline of a man coming out as gay at age 70+, after his wife of many years passes away. Hal, played perfectly by Christopher [...]
Read MorePeople the world over have been waiting for a new romantic comedy. Yearning, aching, thirsting, wanting, needing a new romantic comedy. Well, rejoice my brothers and sisters, here it is. Crazy Stupid Love stars Steve Carell as Cal Weaver, a middle aged married man who has just had divorce thrust on him by his wife, [...]
Read MoreRobert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon are technically the stars of Water for Elephants, a Depression-era romance set against the grand backdrop of a traveling circus, but ultimately it’s Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz and a pachyderm who steal the handsomely produced but dully-paced show. Based on the novel by Sara Gruen, it has Pattinson playing a young [...]
Read MoreCharlotte Bronte‘s great 19th Century novel Jane Eyre has quite possibly been adapted via television and film more than any other significant work of literature, save the Bible. This new version, directed by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), advertises itself as a Bold New Vision of a Timeless Classic! with a trailer that seems to accentuate [...]
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