Archive for the Tag 'J.K. Simmons'

EXTRACT – Reviewed by Noah

Extract, the new comedy from Office Space director and Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, stars Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig and Ben Affleck, among others. Bateman plays Joel, the owner of a company that produces cooking extracts. Unhappy with his life, as most successful, middle aged white guys are, Joel and his friend [...]

I LOVE YOU MAN – Reviewed by David

Like the grossly unpleasant Forgetting Sarah Marshall, this raunchy but good-hearted bromantic comedy features Jason Segel and Paul Rudd and lots of crude language and frank talk about sex. But I liked Man more, a lot more, and not just because Lou Ferrigno makes an appearance.

NEW IN TOWN – Reviewed by David

I agree with my brother-in-law that this fish-out-of-water comedy starring Renee Zellweger is as contrived as they come, and add that it’s predictable and utterly unoriginal, essentially Doc Hollywood if you set it in Minnesota in the dead of winter.
Zellweger plays an upscale Miami businesswoman accustomed to jogging in the sunshine and driving convertibles who [...]