SubscribeThe Kids Are Alright was a surprise for me. I really thought the film was about two teen aged kids of a lesbian couple finding the sperm donor that made them possible. It was SO MUCH MORE. It was dynamic, tackling family, love, lust, teen aged angst and parenting. I laughed, I cried, I felt...
Wow, this movie is intense! If you have kids, you will be so tense, sad and just riveted. I found this film incredible. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The acting by Viggo Mortense as The Father and Kodi Smit-McPhee as The Son is remarkable. The cinematography spectacular. This film takes place in a post-apocalyptic...
I don’t know what has become of me. I found myself teary eyed or weeping for most of this movie. Man, getting old really sucks, especially if you are alone. Robert DeNiro is Frank Goode a pretty recent widower whose grown children live all around the country. This year they were all to see him...
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is a lot of fun to watch. I was actually surprised at how funny it was. The dialogue is quick and witty and unfortunately at times hard to get. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock and Jude Law as Watson are like an old married couple. They annoy each other but totally...
Black Dynamite tells the story of one bad-ass mutha, with a brutha. Brutha got shot, and that begins our plot. Now he’s got one task, and that’s to kick lot’s of ass. And boy does he ever. Brilliantly directed by Scott Sanders. The film doesn’t parody like “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” , but instead...
Greenberg is a bummer but in a good way. I’m knocking on 40′s door and so there was much to relate to here. Ben Stiller is great, totally believable as this narcissitic fragile jerk, Roger Greenberg. Greenberg is back in L.A after living in New York for 15 years and doing a brief stint in...
A Serious Man is another Coen brothers little gem. It took me a few days to figure out what I thought of this because like a lot of their films, it was really slow and quiet yet said so much. What resonated with me was the search for answers. Why? Why? Why is all this...
Ryan Bingham, George Clooney, has a job that takes him around the country about 340 days a year. In fact, he is working towards his 10 Millionth Mile! He works for a company that fires people when employers don’t have the balls to do it themselves. This lifestyle has led Ryan to doing public speaking...
Sunshine Cleaning in many ways a very typical indie film. There is sadness, quirky characters, indie music, slow story telling, a cute kid an old van etc. In this little ditty however, the cast is tops, Amy Adams is Rose, Emily Blunt is her sister Norah and Alan Arkin is their father Joe. When Rose’s...
Woody Allen’s latest film, Whatever Works, is very typical Woody Allen fare. I was ambivalent about seeing this one, could I handle Larry David for two hours? The answer surprisingly enough is YES! This movie was funny and David was mostly one note but there were definite hints of a real human being in there....
