It’s really not that complicated: It’s Complicated is not really that good. It’s in some nether world of not really a drama and not really a comedy. It doesn’t fully succeed with either element. Basic plot line is that Jane and Jake (Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, respectively), have been divorced for [...]
3 comments Saturday 01 May 2010 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews, romance
Though this latest surefire sobfest from director Nick Cassavetes (John Q., The Notebook) basically amounts to watching a kid die from cancer for two hours, it somehow doesn’t feel quite as melodramatic as it could have been. That doesn’t make it a good film. It just makes it easier to tolerate.
0 comments Thursday 19 Nov 2009 | blogadmin | drama, movie reviews
As directed by Derick Martini (Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire), Lymelife is a sharply observed portrait of suburban Long Island life, circa 1979. Although we’ve seen this kind of film before, Lymelife is a classic example of how meticulously detailed direction of actors, and those actors’ superb character delineations can raise just about any [...]
