‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ is as deep as a Hallmark card
"Hector and the Search for Happiness" is about a British therapist who decides he doesn't really know what he's talking about.11 years ago
More people will go see ‘The Maze Runner’ but I’d rather talk about ‘Tusk’
If four Hunger Games films (the third one opens this November) and three Divergent films aren't enough to satisfy your thirst for young adult, post-apocalyptic dramas, then the first of four planned Maze Runner movies is meant for you.11 years ago
Talented cast shines in Gandolfini’s final film, ‘The Drop’
The setting may be overly familiar, (small time crooks and a blue-collar bar.) The plot a little predictable, (will the guys who knock off the bar get away with it?) But the acting in "The Drop" is so good, that the other stuff almost doesn't matter.11 years ago
Woody Allen’s latest, ‘Magic In the Moonlight,’ rings false
When you make as many movies as Woody Allen does (42 to date), and as rapidly as he makes them (nearly one a year), the film quality gets very hit and miss.11 years ago
Goofy camaraderie in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is infectious
Not content with its present film-world domination, Marvel on Friday launches yet another comic book franchise, with five more superheroes.11 years ago
If ‘Lucy’ was 10 percent smarter, it would be 100 percent better
"Lucy" is a sci-fi action thriller that thinks it's smarter than it is. Or at least it wants us to think it's smarter than it is.11 years ago
Zach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’ is lumberingly earnest
There are no epiphanies to be had in "Wish I Was Here," unless you count the epiphany that this movie doesn't have anything interesting to say.11 years ago
New documentary ‘Ivory Tower’: Better investment than a pricey college degree?
It's a truth universally acknowledged that college has gotten way too expensive. A new documentary - "Ivory Tower" - sets out to explain how that happened and then looks at how students and their universities are coping.11 years ago
‘Jersey Boys’ film better and worse than Broadway show
Except for The Beatles, there was no bigger a pop group during the 1960's than The Four Seasons. Frankie Valli's power falsetto powered the band to three #1 songs in a row, and 25 hits all told between 1962 and 1968. Even if you never owned a Four Seasons record, you knew their music. Songs like Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, and Walk Like A Man were inescapable, so much so that even 50 years later, it's hard to find anyone who doesn't recognize their distinctive sound.11 years ago
Seattle director Megan Griffiths wants you to be suprised by the big star in ‘Lucky Them’
Seattle film director Megan Griffiths sits down with Tom Tangney to discuss her latest, Lucky Them. The movie played at the Seattle International Film Festival.11 years ago
‘The Fault In Our Stars’ isn’t content being just some tearjerker
"The Fault in our Stars" is emotionally manipulative and utterly shameless but it's so well done, it's hard to fault it too much.11 years ago
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ could afford to lighten up
Hollywood's given us seven X-Men movies since the year 2000, and when that many films have been made in that short a time with the same subjects, franchises have to devise clever ways to not repeat themselves.11 years ago
‘Godzilla’ gets a state-of-the-art update while staying true to its low budget roots
What do you want in a creature feature? No, really. I'm asking. What do you want to see in a creature feature? Bad ass monsters, right? Behemoth creatures fighting the military and/or each other, preferably to the death, right?11 years ago
Live in studio: Meet the star of ‘Searching for Sugarman’
Rodriguez performs "Inner City Blues" off of his first (1969/70) album live in the 97 . 3 成人X站 FM studio for Tom Tangney . A new film about a long forgotten folk rocker is causing something of a sensation with its incredible story of secret fame.
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‘Fading Gigolo’ has more humanity than a raucous sex comedy
The premise of "Fading Gigolo" makes it sound like a potentially raucous sex comedy.11 years ago
Carefree attitude not an advantage of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Everything but the kitchen sink. That best about sums up "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" except that it also throws in the kitchen sink!11 years ago
Find any other movie to watch than ‘The Other Woman’
"The Other Woman" stars Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann and at its best, it's a female empowerment movie. Unfortunately, it's at its worst most of the time. And maybe we can blame that on Leslie Mann's real-life husband.11 years ago
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ may be one of Marvel’s best movies yet
If you go around with a name like Captain America, it helps if the world is a simple place. Coming of age during World War II, the original Captain America only had to know one thing really well: Nazis = bad! And that was enough.11 years ago
‘Noah’ has a hard time staying afloat
"Noah" is an ambitious but unwieldy Biblical epic that is a mishmash of special effects and psychodrama, of hard-scrabble realism and worlds of fantasy, of mundane family conflicts and difficult theological concepts.11 years ago
‘Divergent’ a perfect fit for a precocious middle-schooler
Young Adult Fiction is Hollywood's latest sweet spot. Thanks to blockbuster franchises like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," young teenagers, especially teenage girls, have become a driving market force.11 years ago
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ is dessert with a glimmer of substance
Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is a grand comedy of manners, or perhaps more precisely, a grand comedy about manners. That may sound too slight a topic to base a movie on, but if you think that, then you don't know Wes Anderson, or his movies like "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and "Moonrise Kingdom."12 years ago
Spoof-ful jokes, puns for young and old in ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’
A highlight of many a Baby Boomer's childhood was "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History," a cartoon about a very smart dog, a boy, and a time machine.12 years ago
