Entertainment
Writer/director Rick Alverson seems keen on this observation and from what I heard in the audience at SXSW everyone certainly does have their particular brand of off beat humor.
Comedy
Goosebumps
The film comically mentions that bestselling children’s book author R.L. Stine has sold more books than Stephen King, yet this is the first major motion picture based on his work. The Goosebumps movie project has been tossed around Hollywood for a while, but this particular script over reaches trying to shove all 62 original
The Intern
Until now director Nancy Meyers (It’s Complicated, Somethings Gotta Give) has been a one note filmmaker. You can always bet on her scripts unfolding liker a Pottery Barn catalog, often the sets get more attention to detail than the characters. She certainly brings that distinct style to The Intern, but something feels different this time
Sleeping With Other People
Early buzz from the Sundance Film Festival this year was that Sleeping With Other People, director Leslye Headland’s second feature film, was an overwhelming crowd-pleaser. So I was a bit disappointed to find out that the plot seems recycled from other mainstream romantic comedies like No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits. There is
Ashby
Nat Wolff continues to win me over with his relatable comic humor. Most widely known as the blind kid in The Fault in Our Stars, Wolff was most recently seen in the forgettable teenage drama Paper Towns. Ashby provides the 20 year old with his most fully fleshed out character yet. Mickey Rourke continues
Slow Learners
Viewers will know exactly what to expect form this film by the end of the opening. Comedians Adam Pally (The To Do List) and Sarah Burns (Life As We Know It) play really nice, but still second rate versions of former Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) cast members Andy Samberg and Kristin Wiig. In fact there
Top 10 Fall Films Worth Shouting About
Fall Movie Season is here! Finally after all those endlessly lackluster summer movies, so loud and filled with mind-wasting special effects, it’s once again, time for the good stuff.
The Visit
Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is a bit egotistical. The filmmaker who shot to success in 1999 with his beautifully haunting thriller “The Sixth Sense”, earning him an Oscar nomination has been trying to “regain control” ever since. For over a decade he has forced audience to sit though films like “Unbreakable”, “Signs” and “The Happening”,
A Walk in the Woods
As it is now, A Walk in the Woods is a pleasantly adapted book that follows two old men who dare to take on the Appalachian Trail. Two previous directors left the project with Ken Kwapis (“Big Miracle”, “Sisterhood of Traveling Pants”) taking the job. Originally A Walk in the Woods was a reteaming project
Mistress America
Over the years Noah Baumbach has become an unpredictable director (also co-writer with Wes Anderson on many film) with a generally liked hit like The Squid & The Whale but far more mixed responses to pictures like Margot at the Wedding and last years While We Were Young. Baumbach and actress Greta Gerwig have been