• March 8, 2018
• At Home, Drama

How many times have we seen a story of a married middle-aged (white) guy being lured and destroyed by a young woman? Is it because most screenwriters are middle-aged...

• June 4, 2017
• At Home, Comedy

There might be a decent short film in here, as the entire plot of Fist Fight is laid out in the first 15 minutes: It’s the last day of...

• 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...

• October 12, 2012
• Action, At Home, Comedy

James stars as high-school biology teacher Scott Voss, whose apathy towards his job and his students is rivaled only by his lack of desire to do much of anything...

• September 25, 2012
• At Home, Drama

Any movie that stars Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste is already worth seeing just because of the cast. Shoot, have them sit around...

• February 21, 2007
• At Home, Drama

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Oh for the love of all that is holy, give me a freakin’ BREAK! Another preachy Hollywood movie about a white teacher...

• January 26, 2007
• At Home, Drama

Dench stars as Barbara Covett, a stern and spinsterly history teacher at a British high school, who’s tolerated and respected—but not particularly liked—by her colleagues. Having taught for more...

• December 22, 2002
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

These schoolboys, blurrily indistinguishable from each other for a large part of the film, basically run wild in their loosely structured classes, re-enacting scenes from old Bette Davis movies,...