The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's latest film The Wolf of Wall Street is basically three hours of sex and drugs and pure unadulterated greed. It is another "based on a true story" flick,…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is based very loosely on a James Thurber short story. As a lover of old films, I fondly remember the Danny Kaye version from…
Philomena
2013 is the year of the "based on a true story" movie. The latest addition to the group is Philomena a tragicomic tale from director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Dangerous…
The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man Holiday is a chick flick wrapped in a male-bonding movie. It’s a drama. A comedy. A romantic drama. A romantic comedy. A sports movie. A reunion movie.…
Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt took on a pretty dicey subject for his filmmaking debut (he wrote, directed and stars!), and came up with an unusual and entertaining film. Starring as the title…
Enough Said
Enough Said is really Julia Louis Dreyfus’ movie. She shines as Eva, a funny, cynical, hard-working masseuse who could probably use a massage or two to de-stress. But as soon…
Austenland
Love Jane Austen novels and always imagined yourself finding your very own Mr. Darcy? Then you may enjoy this trifle of a flick about a lovelorn young woman named Jane…
The Family
The Family is fine, but ultimately fuhgeddable. Robert De Niro plays Fred Manzoni, a mafia boss with a price on his head for ratting out his friends. Fred and his…
Admission
This one sneaked past us while it was in the theaters, but it feels like a "stay home with a big bowl of popcorn" kind of movie anyway. It's basically…
Blue Jasmine
What if Bernie Madoff was a younger, better looking man who left behind a beautiful yet clueless wife to fend for herself? That's the basic premise of Woody Allen's latest,…
The World’s End
From the guys who brought you Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Paul (2011)...That’s really all you need to know. If you’re a fan, then hustle on…
We’re the Millers
We’re the Millers is sort of like a twisted, R-rated version of the classic family vacation comedy, National Lampoon’s Vacation. The Millers may occasionally step one (or more) toke over…
2 Guns
Full disclosure: I will go see anything with Marky Mark, um, I mean Mark Wahlberg in it. Don’t judge. Everybody’s got their something. That doesn’t mean I like everything he’s…
The To Do List
If you’re old enough to remember Porky’s (1982) or more recently, American Pie (1999), then you know exactly the demographic this movie is aiming for: horny teens and nostalgic Gen…