THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Muppets”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Much Ado About Nothing”
One of the most charming things about Joss Whedon’s new film of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, unveiled today at the Toronto Film Festival, is that it’s not out to prove anything. Its actors are garbed in modern dress, and...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Project X”
PROJECT X: Not Even For Free – Don’t RSVP How is it that no one has yet produced a 3D found-footage movie? You’d think the combination of the most (usually) mind-numbing gimmicks of the past ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
It was all so cute when it started… David Yates’ 2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is surprisingly funny at times–surprising, because in all other ways the film was, up to that point, by far t...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Children Act,” “Suburbicon” & “Chappaquiddick”
THE CHILDREN ACT (no distrib): It’s not intended as disparagement to Ian McEwan’s novel and screenplay adaptation, or to Richard Eyre’s film, that THE CHILDREN ACT feels much of the time like it could...
SHOWBUZZDAILY 2014 Sundance Film Festival Capsule Reviews
The consensus is that the 2014 Sundance Film Festival was a solid but unexciting one. To an extent that’s a business judgment: whatever its leaders may say publicly, Sundance gave itself up long ago to being as m...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “Molly’s Game” & “I Love You, Daddy”
MOLLY’S GAME (STX): Aaron Sorkin is a celebrated (or notorious, depending on your point of view) control freak, so it’s surprising that it’s taken him this long to decide to direct his own work. His...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Larry Crowne”
LARRY CROWNE: Watch It At Home – Giant Stars/Tiny Ambitions Allow me to play Nostradamus for a moment. the day will come–and it’s not far off–when you’ll be sitting in front of yo...