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The Disaster Artist (2017)

The Disaster Artist (2017)

I have some friends who LOVE the notoriously terrible movie The Room, so I took them up on an invitation to come over for their umpteenth watching of the...

Linda
Why Him? (2016)

Why Him? (2016)

If you watched the trailer and thought, “OMG dude, that looks hiLARious and awesome!”, you’ll probably really, really enjoy the movie. If, like me, you watched the trailer and...

Vickie
11.22.63 (2016)

11.22.63 (2016)

James Franco plays, a well meaning English teacher named Jake Epping who feels a little stuck in the mud. His students play with their cells phones during his lectures,...

Linda
True Story

True Story

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,...

Vickie
This Is the End (2013)

This Is the End (2013)

It’s no secret that I am definitely not the target audience for this wildly self-indulgent, directionless escapade that revolves almost entirely around smoking weed, getting high, cracking sex/dick/masturbation/rape jokes...

Linda
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

Perhaps director Sam Raimi’s biggest obstacle in this epic prequel to The Wizard of Oz is his choice of leading man. As Oscar “Oz” Diggs, a magician-slash-con man working...

Vickie
About Cherry (2012)

About Cherry (2012)

Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw) is a beautiful young woman who is tired of doing crap jobs and holding her drunk mom’s hair back while she vomits in the toilet. Per...

Linda
127 Hours (2010)

127 Hours (2010)

The one-man-against-the-odds drama revolves entirely around James Franco’s terrific solo performance as Aron Ralston, the skilled but somewhat reckless rock climber whose self-preservation instincts ultimately saved his life when...

Vickie
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SIFF 2010: From outer space to the most intimate space

The marathon is coming to an end. When I call SIFF an endurance sport, I’m only half-kidding. Seriously. At three-and-a-half weeks long, the festival goes on forever… long enough...

Linda