I skipped it for a few weeks, but finally got to see The Nut Job, the shockingly unfunny CG cartoon starring various small rodents who want to rob a nut store (which is being used as a front for generic … Continue reading
The new movie Vampire Academy is a desperately hip attempt at cross-breeding Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight (though it pretends it’s better than Twilight by attacking it directly). The dialog is trying hard to be clever, … Continue reading
And saw The Lego Movie, a super cute, very funny animated flick that manages to not be a giant advertisement to Lego the brand, but a giant banner pointing directly at your childhood… at whatever age you were when you … Continue reading
That Awkward Moment is an unfunny, crass dude-bro romantic comedy about three good actors playing 20somethings on the prowl (and sleeping with a confounding number of women) in NYC. They have made a commitment with each other to have no … Continue reading
Buddy Cop movie Ride Along starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube is a fairly mediocre comedy… but not a total disaster. Your tolerance for this flick is probably going to be based on how funny you find the Ruby Rhod … Continue reading
And for something slightly different from I, Frankenstein, I also saw the movie Nebraska… up for a couple of academy awards. Bruce Dern (who I haven’t seen in a long time) plays an old guy who is convinced he’s won … Continue reading
Went to see Her, the new romantic sci-fi drama comedy (or something) from Spike Jonze… the weirdly neat guy who made Being John Malkovitch and Where the Wild Things Are (and the Christopher Walken-infused video Weapon of Choice and the … Continue reading
Stallone and DeNiro played boxers in their past so in the spirit of Space Cowboys, Last Vegas, etc. comes another Old People Can Do X movie… Grudge Match is their new movie (also starring Alan Arkin, Joe Barenthal, Kim Basinger, … Continue reading
I won’t bow to the altar of Martin Scorcese… the simple fact is that his new movie (with Leonardo DiCaprio) The Wolf of Wall Street is a ponderous three hours long and has footage worth cutting to spare. I think … Continue reading
So… Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty should have been a better movie. As it stands, it’s a good enough movie with some occasionally brilliant, inspiring, and beautiful moments and scenery but the overall quest or trek is … Continue reading