What's Your Number? Movie Review
Title: What’s Your Number? Director: Mark Mylod (TV’s ‘Entourage,’ ‘Shameless’) Starring Anna Faris, Chris Evans and Blythe Danner (‘Little Fockers’) Sometimes people have to go through multiple choices to find…
DVD Review: Thor, The Mentalist, How I Met Your Mother, Basket Case and Clash of Empires
“Thor,” an almost $450 million worldwide box office hit earlier this year, introduced audiences to one of the players in Marvel Studios’ grand, forthcoming “Avengers” saga. And that’s part of…
Dream House Movie Review
Title: Dream House Directed By: Jim Sheridan Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Elias Koteas, Marton Csokas, Taylor Geare, Claire Geare, Rachel Fox Movies like Dream House are simply…
Take Shelter Movie Review
Title: Take Shelter Directed By: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart Well paced movies aren’t necessarily swift, but if the storytelling approach is more on the calculated…
Courageous Movie Review
Title: Courageous Director: Alex Kendrick Starring: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Ben Davies, Kevin Downes, Robert Amaya Courageous is a religious genre flick with some edge to it. Naturally there’s reflection…
American Teacher Movie Review
Title: American Teacher Director: Vanessa Roth An inoffensive but hardly essential piece of occupational boosterism, “American Teacher” provides a look at the public education crisis in the United States through…
50/50 Movie Review
Title: 50/50 Directed By: Jonathan Levine Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Matt Frewer, Philip Baker Hall When word of this “cancer comedy” hit,…
The Perfect House Movie Review
Title: The Perfect House Directed by: Kris Hulbert (‘First Times’) and Randy Kent (‘Life of Lemon’, TV’s ‘The John Kerwin Show’) Starring: Monique Parent (TV’s ‘Tanya X’), John Philbin (‘Children…
NYFF 2011 Movie Review: Miss Bala
Title: Miss Bala Director: Gerardo Naranjo The psychology of needing to be wanted is fascinating. Wanting to be put on that pedestal and have people admire and love you for…