• September 24, 2015
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

When high school science teacher Samantha Abbott (Cobie Smulders) discovers she’s pregnant, the news doesn’t exactly inspire celebration. The timing is completely random and Samantha isn’t particularly settled in...

• September 10, 2015
• At Home, Drama

As suggested by its title, The Odd Way Home is not your typical road movie. After fleeing an abusive boyfriend with a bloodied face, several bottles of pills, and...

• August 20, 2015
• At Home, Drama

I loved watching Inside Daisy Clover with my mom when I was little, but the only part that really stuck with me was Daisy (Natalie Wood) sticking her head...

• August 15, 2015
• At Home, Crime, Drama

Based on Finkel’s memoir of the same name, True Story centers on Longo, a seemingly upstanding husband and father, who’s accused of murdering his wife and three young children,...

• August 14, 2015
• At Home, Drama

Wikipedia helpfully explains the odd title of this 3-hour adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s first “adult” novel: In politics, a casual vacancy is a situation in which a seat in...

• August 3, 2015
• At Home, Drama, War

Directed by and starring Russell Crowe, The Water Diviner is an ambitious film that incorporates elements of romance, adventure, tragedy, action, and drama. You could simply call it a...

• July 30, 2015
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Where the first Marigold Hotel was about discovery and wonder and evolution and the value of challenging oneself, its successor centers more on courage – namely, the courage to...

• July 27, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Romance

Not to sound like an objectifying perv, but dear lord, Scott Eastwood is one beautiful man. Sweet Jesus. I will fully admit right here that he is a big...

• July 12, 2015
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

I can only assume that the disjointed, scattered, confusing, illogical and, sadly, mostly unentertaining film from writer-director Cameron Crowe somehow fell victim to over-editing or excessive tinkering that ultimately...

• June 6, 2015
• At Home, Drama

I have to admit, years ago I dismissed Kevin Costner as being one of the dullest, most generic, white-bread actors around. But dammit if he didn’t start to slowly...

• June 6, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Music, Television

A British jazz band is discovered in a small club by a music journalist, and is offered the lucky break of becoming the house band at a top notch...

• April 27, 2015
• At Home, Drama

I totally enjoyed watching The Fighter, but walked away from it chewing on all the characters, except, well, the fighter himself. Poor Marky Mark, bless his heart, his limited...