Two things before we get started: 1. I haven’t seen the acclaimed documentary Marwencol, which inspired this film, and purposely didn’t see watch it in the weeks leading up to the screening because I wanted to see Welcome to Marwen with virgin eyes so that I wouldn’t make comparisons between the two in this review. …
For Billie (Emma Stone), the #1 ranked female tennis player at the time, the struggle is with her sexuality. Married to her strapping husband Larry (Austin Stowell), Billie nonetheless finds herself falling for pretty hairdresser Marilyn (Andrea Riseborough), who quickly goes from trimming Billie’s bangs to tagging along on the pro-tennis circuit as Billie’s unofficial …
A lot of white guys in nice suits lost their riches in the financial collapse of 2008, and a few white guys in suits (and one notable one in bare feet) profited off the bust. It all stemmed from said bare-footed San Jose doctor/number-cruncher Michael Burry (Christian Bale) predicting the pattern that would end up …
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 Anchorman 2 Saturday night in Seattle. Headline: What a bloated piece of crap. If this is the kind of movie you want to see, I can …
Liam James stars (in the Chris Makepeace role) as Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old, who’s dragged along when his well-meaning mom (Toni Collette) and her asshat boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell, in a nicely smarmy turn) decide to spend the summer at Trent’s beach house. Desperate to get away from the adults, Duncan seeks refuge at Water …
When you’re a lonely little kid who gets kicked around by bullies and just can’t seem to fit in, it’s a pretty big day when you make a new friend. When you bond with that first friend over magic, well then, it’s entirely likely that the two of you will grow up to be magicians …
Director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian) knows this, and gleefully hands the wheel of this silly but often hilarious mistaken-identity caper over to the two gifted comedic actors, whose ease with each other and the (obvious) improvisational flourishes they add to the material make the whole thing hugely enjoyable. The …