Blu-Ray Review: The Help
THE HELP Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 137 Minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: December 6, 2011 Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jessica...
View ArticleTIFF Golden Moments Part 3
As described in the superb nd telling book, The Men Who Would Be King the excellent story of Dreamworks and the inner power struggles, the studio brought American Beauty (1999) to the festival with...
View ArticleLiberal Arts (***½)
While I definitely enjoyed Josh Radnor’s first feature, I wasn’t prepared at all for the giant leap forward that he takes as a filmmaker with ‘Liberal Art’s, an absolute gift of a motion picture....
View ArticleThe Oranges (**½)
There are some very fine comedic performances in ‘The Oranges’, but the plot never lets it become anything terrifically special, thus hampering the potential quality of the work. There are no shortage...
View ArticleSUNDANCE: ‘The Way Way Back’, ‘S-VHS’, ‘Sightseers’, and ‘A.C.O.D.’
As we close the book on our coverage of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, I’m speeding up the pace a bit by grouping together some of my remaining reviews. I’ll be doing short looks at a quartet of...
View ArticleSUNDANCE: ‘Lovelace’, ‘Touchy Feely’, and ‘Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes’
As we wrap up our coverage of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, I’m quickening the pace by lumping some of my remaining reviews together. I’ll be doing quick looks at a trio of films that underwhelmed...
View ArticleFirst Trailer for ‘The Way, Way Back,’ Starring Steve Carell
From the studio that brought you the dysfunctional family classics Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, comes The Way, Way Back, directed by Oscar winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (Adapted Screenplay for The...
View ArticleTRIBECA: Trust Me (***)
Though not quite on the same level as his directorial debut ‘Choke’ (at least for me), actor/filmmaker Clark Gregg shows us that he’s a real multi-hyphenate with his sophomore project ‘Trust Me’, a...
View ArticleFirst Poster and Trailer For Lynn Shelton’s ‘Touchy Feely’
Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely premiered at Sundance earlier this year (read Joey’s review here), and stars Ellen Page, Rosemarie DeWitt, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, and my boy, Scoot McNairy. DeWitt...
View ArticleLAFF 2013: The Way, Way Back (**)
The familiar, straight-forward coming-of-age narrative generally advances along a forwardly progressing path toward self-realization rather than on a slide down a back road. In spite of its aims at...
View ArticlePilot Review: Mom (★½)
Before you go through the litany of excuses, let me preface my pilot review of CBS’ new sitcom Mom with this statement: I haven’t watched any of creator Chuck Lorre’s previous work including Two and a...
View ArticleNew Trailer and Poster for ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’
20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation have just released a brand new adventure-filled TRAILER for their upcoming film, MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN. Starring Ty Burrell and Max Charles, MR. PEABODY...
View ArticleBad Words (★★★)
Actor Jason Bateman makes his directorial debut here with the spelling bee revenge comedy (a first of its kind, I’d wager) Bad Words, and wouldn’t you know it…Bateman can direct. Moreover, Bateman has...
View ArticleTrust Me (★★★)
Though not on the same high level as his directorial debut Choke was (at least for me, since I’m a huge fan of both the book and the film adaptation), actor/filmmaker Clark Gregg shows us that he’s a...
View ArticleEmmys Circuit: Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Much like any Emmy race, Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series has its perennial nominees. Occasionally, it’ll have its break-out newbie and its break-out new nominee who’s been in a show they’ve loved...
View ArticleCritics Choice Television Awards Predictions – Show Airs 6/19 at 8:00pm ET on...
Four years ago, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (the twin Critics’ Choice organization to the Broadcast Film Critics Association) formed their own awards show, the Critics’ Choice...
View ArticleTammy (★½)
Whatever happened to the Melissa McCarthy from Bridesmaids? You know, the Oscar nominated one who stole the show and tickled our funny bone…where has she gone? Is she ever coming back? With the misfire...
View ArticleSam’s FINAL 2014 Emmy Nomination Predictions
You’ve read the Emmys Circuit series, now it’s time for my final Emmy predictions, just in time for the Emmy nominations on Thursday, July 10. Be sure to check out Clayton’s predictions, too (even...
View ArticleEMMY PREDICTIONS: Creative Arts Emmys
The Emmy Awards give out a TON of trophies. Some people consider this much too much, however, I dare you to look down this list of their technical categories and claim even one is superfluous. Either...
View Article2014 Emmys Circuit: Final Analysis and Predictions
The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy awards air on NBC this Monday night. While a ton of awards were handed out last weekend at the Creative Arts Ceremony, the top tier categories still remain, including...
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