• January 27, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Television

If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, your worldview was probably significantly shaped by Michael Landon. Most likely you have a soft spot for a good prairie...

• January 14, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Romance

Quiet, understated, mature, funny and poignant, Holofcener’s latest offering is the kind of slice-of-life movie that makes you feel like you’re spending time with a bunch of folks you...

• January 14, 2014
• At Home, Comedy, Romance

Joseph Gordon-Levitt can seem to do no wrong these days. He successfully navigated the tricky waters from child star to adult actor, without the industry chewing him up and...

• December 31, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

The movie begins with the Manzoni family relocating to a small town in France through the Witness Protection Program. They’re all a bit bored and jaded, and it’s clear...

• December 31, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Fantasy

Big is an iconic movie for anyone who grew up in the 80s. You can’t eat a piece of baby corn without imagining Tom Hanks nibbling it daintily like...

• December 23, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

For our Anchorman 2 review, we thought we’d get the opinion of an expert. Welcome our guest reviewer, retired veteran newsman, Norm Gunning of Portland’s KATU! – Editor Saw...

• December 12, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Emma Thompson, turning in what is easily one of her richest and most complex performances, stars as P.L. Travers, the seriously sour, exceedingly stubborn and altogether unpleasant British author...

• December 5, 2013
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Horror

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...

• December 3, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Crime, Drama

We meet the three characters of Ménage just as they apparently meet each other in a dinner club. Antoine (Michel Blanc) and Monique (Miou-Miou) are having a huge fight...

• November 24, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

The story resumes with teaching assistant Mr. Poppy (Mark Wootton) somewhat inexplicably in charge of Mr. Madden’s class. (You’ll remember that Mr. Madden married his sweetie and moved to...

• November 23, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family

Every single Christmas, schools and churches throughout the Western world put on a Nativity play.  You can expect sloppily-costumed tots singing sincerely, flubbing lines, and generally bungling their way...

• November 21, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

If there is one enduring image from the slice of Americana that is Nebraska, it is of befuddled, weathered Bruce Dern, sitting blankly with his fuzzy white hair back-lit...