Review: My Dead Friend Zoe Navigates Grief and Family Ties with Humor and Heart
It uses a strange but fairly effective film device to tell the story of a young Army veteran’s struggle with PTSD; My Dead Friend Zoe could be looked at as […]
Review: Actor Jake Johnson Moves Behind the Camera for Original, Likable Self Reliance Co-Starring Anna Kendrick
Marking his debut as a writer/director, actor Jake Johnson brings us his funny and mostly charming take on reality shows, Self Reliance, in which he plays Tommy, a middle-aged guy […]
Review: Jennifer Lawrence Cuts Loose in Sex-Positive Comedy No Hard Feelings
Alright yes, the new comedy No Hard Feelings, from Gene Stupnitsky, the director and co-writer of the equally raunchy Good Boys, is about a 30-something-year-old woman who agrees to “date” […]
Review: Two Teens Hit the Road for Birth Control in Contemporary, Funny Plan B
Although the structure of the central friendship is remarkably similar to that in Book Smart, and the storyline somewhat resembles Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Plan B, the latest directing effort […]
Review: Original and Unpredictable, Happily Puts a Perfect Marriage, and the Two People in it, to the Test
To celebrate making his first feature, entertainment journalist-turned-filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski decided to write and direct a movie that defies categorization. Most will call Happily a dark comedy with splashes of […]
Review: Forced and Phony, Stuber Isn’t Worth the Fare
Sometimes, it just comes down to laughs. A few years back, director Michael Dowse made one of the great sports comedies of the last 10 years, Goon, and he proved […]