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Have you ever gotten sucked into one of those films sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints where the acting is kind of terrible and over the top, the writing is both simplistic and heavy-handed, and there’s just no way you could ever change the...
In my head, Sam Shepard and I would be friends. Unlikely friends, perhaps, but, you know, simpatico. I like his sense of humor, I love the way he writes, and I love that he seems to care about nothing and everything at the same time. He’s a laid back...
Adam Cassidy (Hemsworth) is a young whippersnapper just finding his feet in the tech industry. Though he’s at the bottom of the corporate ladder, he’s determined not to turn out like his dad (Richard Dreyfuss), who evidently lived an ordinary life and (in Adam’s opinion) allowed himself to be...
It’s easy to imagine a little child passing a quiet afternoon in the company of The Beatrix Potter Collection. It smacks of rainy days spent with toys strewn over the floor and the TV on, and the animation matches Potter’s original drawings nicely. It’s a comprehensive collection that represents...
I’m not a fan of the Affleck boys and their Boston-centric, f-word laden style of moviemaking, but I have to confess that I was mightily impressed by Gone Baby Gone. The fact that they had a solid story by Dennis Lehane as a starting point didn’t hurt, but you’ve...
Honestly, when my friend started raving about The Island this summer, I thought she might actually be stark raving mad. I just didn’t see what could be so great about a sci-fi movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor. I don’t mind Scarlett, but I think he really puts...
The work of Beatrix Potter is so ubiquitous that you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t know about Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, or Jemimah Puddleduck, but how many of us have stopped to think about the woman who brought these iconic characters to life? As much as I...
I am not a huge fan of movies with subtitles. It’s the process of reading along as I watch that I dread, but if you tell me I can see a Christmas movie about an evil Santa unearthed during an archaeological dig in Finland, well then, I will endure...
For all the hype it got, I expected Evening to be an emotional tour de force, an Oscar shoo-in, a powerhouse of talent. I expected something to substantiate the wild claims of fabulosity that filled media outlets all summer long. Instead I was simply disappointed. Some words that spring...
Everybody’s Fine is not your typical cheery, laugh-a-minute holiday movie. Instead, the film touches on love, loss, disappointment, and reconciliation. It feels a lot like real life and is almost guaranteed to make you cry, but somehow it’s heartening to know that other families have the same communication issues...
Heather Wolfe (Lauren Ambrose) is a young graduate student writing her thesis on Leonard Schiller (Frank Langella), an acclaimed novelist in his twilight years. When she visits him in person to request a series of personal interviews, Schiller politely turns her away. Later, however, Schiller comes across one of...
Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is a sweet fifteen year old boy whose world is turned on its ear when his mother is hit by a car and severely injured right in front of him. It’s a traumatic event to say the least, but one he tries to keep to himself....
