Now Playing: A Very Fishy Rom-Com
Can you think of another movie with a more pretentious title than ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’? By the name alone, you’d never guess that it’s standard, predictable romantic comedy, but that’s all it...
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Now Playing: The Most Miserable Kids’ Movie of Them All
Look, I know that kids’ movies can’t always be expected to entertain the adults as well as the children, but with quality family entertainment almost consistently being pumped out by Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks, the n...
Now Playing: Another Defeatable ‘Titan’
For the record, I hated the ‘Clash of the Titans‘ remake. The only thing worse than its acting was its awful screenplay. To this day, it also remains the worst example of post-conversion 3D. In fact, the 3D was so bad ...
Now Playing: ‘Battle Royale’ for Teens
After sitting down last month to watch a Blu-ray import of ‘Battle Royale’, I finally learned why so many people make the comparison between that Japanese cult film and ‘The Hunger Games’. When ‘Battl...
Now Playing: The Duplass Brothers’ Latest Indie Comedy
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...
Now Playing: I Said Jump, Down on Jump Street!
Based on the previews and cast, the absolute last thing I expected from ’21 Jump Street’ was to love the movie and give it a great review. Yet there’s no denying that I laughed the entire time. Here’s why:
Now Playing: De Niro’s Best Work in Years
Even though we never once seen him pick up a pen, Robert De Niro’s possibly crazy character in ‘Being Flynn’ is always talking about a book he’s writing – not just any book, but a masterpiece. As I sat watc...
Now Playing: A Realistic Adult Romantic Comedy
If you go into ‘Friends with Kids’ expecting to see a comedy in the vein of ‘Bridesmaids‘ (which is what the ads make it out to be), you’ll probably be disappointed. ‘Friends with Kids’ is...
Now Playing: Disney’s Mixed Bag of Interplanetary Goodies
It’s difficult to explain how awesome ‘John Carter’ is, but it’s even harder to get others amped up to see the movie. I blame the marketing. No trailer or television spot does anything positive for the film...
Now Playing: The Worst Found-Footage Movie of All Time
By now, I’ve made my opinions on the found-footage genre more than clear. As much as I loathe these movies, I haven’t hated one as much as ‘Project X’ until now, and I doubt that any future release will eve...
Now Playing: A Cartoon That Actually Validates One of Fox News
On my Facebook profile page, in the section that asks for political preferences, mine says, “Who cares? What movie is opening this weekend?” When it comes time to vote, that’s when I pay attention to politics… bu...
Now Playing: Military Propaganda at Its Worst
Part of me feels bad for bashing ‘Act of Valor’, because doing so might paint me as unpatriotic. Nonetheless, I have to fulfill my moral and critical obligations by telling you just how bad it is and why you shouldn...