There’s a unique pain that comes from watching a movie filled top to bottom with actors who you love shuffling awkwardly through a screenplay completely unworthy of their efforts. ‘Table 19’ is a particularly rou...
HBO has a habit of developing half-hour comedies (“sitcom” isn’t quite the right word) by indie filmmakers who like to blur the line between comedy and drama. Some stick while others don’t. The network̵...
This week brings us one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases of the year, if not of all time. That’s right, it’s the Katy Perry concert movie in 3D! Woot woot!
The timing of this week’s movies has been strange. The $220 million comic book franchise blockbuster opened on Tuesday – which was to be expected considering that Wednesday was a major box office holiday. The teeny-bopper po...
Including those that I saw at Sundance, ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ marks the fourth new movie from the Duplass brothers that I’ve seen in the last 60 days. Out of the four, ‘Jeff’ is easily my favorite...
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a weekend with so many comedies either opening or expanding all at once. Perhaps since ‘Hunger Games’ is the only major title next week, the studios are using this weekend t...
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival closed shop on Sunday, and it’s about time for me to wrap up my coverage of it as well. Let’s end things with a comedy. For my final review, we’ll take a look...
Most people who saw ‘Get Him to the Greek‘ came away with one thought (after: “This movie was supposed to have a plot, right?”). That thought was that Jonah Hill is a very funny man. And you wouldn’t ...
