Think most romantic comedies were put together on a paper napkin a Sunday afternoon around a cup of coffee? Well I have better for you. When In Rome is a movie that appears to have been put together on-the-fly during production. Based on an incredibly silly, absurd, and random script, this “romantic comedy” [...]
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Movie Review: The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Since debuting at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, The Kids Are All Right has slowly made its way onto the big screen since receiving rave reviews at the country’s first and biggest display of independent films. Written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko [...]
Movie Review: Knight and Day (2010)
Knight and Day, directed by James Mangold, is a pure action thriller that seems to be right in step with the rest of the movies being released this summer. Lots of action, make-the-plot-up as you go storyline, and plenty of Tom Cruise straining to look good for the camera.
Movie Review: Grown Ups (2010)
Grown Ups, directed by Dennis Dugan, is the latest comedy to come from the school of Adam Sandler. Despite how golden Sandler’s comedy might have fared in the 90s and the early part of last decade, this movie felt like another tired attempt from the former SNL member, much like most of his other movies in the latter part of the Aughts.
Movie Review: The Good Guy (2009)
Mix some romantic drama into Wall Street (1987) and you may end up with a movie like The Good Guy. Julio DiPietro, a former investment banker turned writer-director, is obviously quite familiar with the territory as he lingers into the apparent dynamics of Wall Street trading just as much as he does into in the romantic aspects of the love triangle at the center of this movie.
Movie Review: Freeway (1996)
A Matthew Bright film, Freeway is a satire derived from the Little Red Riding Hood fable but turned on its head and given a twisted, modern, and “adult” edge. Inhabited mostly by sleazy low lives, people living outside society’s boundaries and what we would often refer to as “trailer trash”, the movie is an incisive look into the hypocrisy of modern society
Movie Review: Legally Blonde (2001)
Before Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon wasn’t yet the A-list star that she is today. Instead, she was a young starlet known for stealing the spotlight from more seasoned actors and demonstrating eye-opening acting abilities in independent movies like Freeway (1996), Pleasantville (1998) and most notably Election (1999).
Movie Review: Hey, Hey It’s Esther Blueburger (2008)
Directed by Cathy Randall, Hey, Hey It’s Esther Blueburger is a wonderful coming-of-age comedy from Australia that you can’t help but love, even if the movie is far from perfect. The story isn’t all that fresh, as is the case with most coming-of-age stories, but the witty dialogue and excellent visuals help separate it from the rest of the pack and put it on a level just a rung lower than similar movies like Juno and Mean Girls, which this movie was certainly influenced by.
