Butter Movie Review
Title: Butter Director: Jim Field Smith Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Yara Shahidi, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Corddry, Kristen Schaal, Hugh Jackman, Ashley Greene, Phyllis Smith A recognizable cast…
Exclusive: Martin Short Talks Frankenweenie, More
Honed from his successful start in sketch comedy, Martin Short wields a wide array of voices and postures, which have served him well in crafting a career largely built around…
Smashed Movie Review
Title: Smashed Director: James Ponsoldt Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Octavia Spencer, Mary Kay Place, Kyle Gallner An unconvincing portrait of downward-spiral alcoholism anchored by…
Hellbound? Movie Review
Title: Hellbound? Director: Kevin Miller A rich, thoughtful conversation-starter about changing notions of religious damnation, “Hellbound?” invades notoriously touchy territory with an open mind, steady focus and civil disposition. Director…
Exclusive: John August Talks Frankenweenie, Big Fish Musical, More
Screenwriter John August made a name for himself with 1999’s hyperkinetic “Go,” which hop-scotched back and forth in time in colorfully detailing intertwining stories surrounding a drug deal gone bad.…
They Call It Myanmar Movie Review
Title: They Call It Myanmar Director: Robert H. Lieberman Held in socio-economic limbo for almost a full half century by a military dictatorship that turned away the just election of…
The Waiting Room Movie Review
Title: The Waiting Room Director: Peter Nicks Hit small screen series like “ER,” “Chicago Hope” and “Grey’s Anatomy” have for years wrung drama out of gunshot wounds, helicopter crashes, siege…
For Ellen Movie Review
Title: For Ellen Director: So Yong Kim Starring: Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Shaylena Mandigo, Margarita Levieva, Jena Malone A somewhat pedestrian and air-quote small story of blue-collar despair, familial fracturing…
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Movie Review
Title: Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Director: Ryan O’Nan Starring: Ryan O’Nan, Michael Weston, Arielle Kebbel, Andrew McCarthy, Christopher McDonald, Jason Ritter, Wilmer Valderrama, Kate Baldwin, Charles Chu, Gregg Edelman,…