Interview: Filmmaker Cooper Raiff on Acting in His Own Films, Casting Dakota Johnson and Being a Good Party Starter
When writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff began making films, he tended to borrow not just from events in his life, but also…
Review: Overstuffed and Unfunny, The Bubble Fails to Make a Pandemic Production Entertaining
Apparently writer/director Judd Apatow and co-writer Pam Brady (Hot Rod, Hamlet 2, Team America) see the health-related restrictions put on…
Review: A Madcap Noël Coward Play Gets a Problematic, Loveless Adaptation in Latest Blithe Spirit
Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit,…
Review: Unremarkable Storytelling of The Croods: A New Age is Elevated by a Funny, Energetic Cast
The Croods movies were always a little smarter than they let on, probably because the characters themselves are meant to…
Film Review: The Comedian, Astonishingly Mediocre
Films about the world and occupants of stand-up comedy are a tricky proposition, and they need to succeed on two…
