Artists struggle, toil and sweat for years before they are acknowledged. Some never become famous or appreciated. Some don't achieve notoriety until after they are dead. Whatever the outcome, most artist struggle for years. That is unless the artist is Thierry Guetta. He is married. He owns a used clothing store in L.A. And he's … Continue reading EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

What is real? That's the central question in UNKNOWN. With more twists than San Francisco's Lombard Street, this thriller keeps you guessing well into the film. Liam Neeson appears to be a botanist (or plant biologist, it's never really clear and not really important) of some repute who is on his way to Berlin for … Continue reading UNKNOWN

After an hour of watching this cliche ridden, predictable, boring, horribly acted heist "thriller", I came to a decision. You can keep these TAKERS.-Stormy Curry    

There are few actors who scowl better than Jason Statham, and that glare is at full wattage in THE MECHANIC. He's a contract killer who tries to get the job done without anyone knowing he was there. Early on he's forced to eliminate his mentor who is played by Donald Sutherland. Then Sutherland's mess of … Continue reading THE MECHANIC

The Kids Are All Right...and the parents are even better! This comedy drama is one of the year's best...ringing realistic notes on everything to parenting to marriage. Even though the parents are mom and mom, that fact doesn't really play a big part except for the fact that they used a sperm donor to get … Continue reading THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is a pretty standard family drama, except for one not so small detail... the couple leading this family is Lesbian. There are two kids. The couple (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) have grown just a little too comfortable with each other.. there's no longer a spark in their otherwise loving … Continue reading THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

You could do a lot worse than look at Channing Tatum for two hours, but it's his talent that's turning him into a major star: he knows how to underplay a role without becoming wooden. Aided by a solid (literally -- this boy's been working out) Jamie Bell, Tatum brings an impressive gravitas to this … Continue reading THE EAGLE

When Steve Martin made Roxanne, he radically changed the end by deciding that "Cyrano gets the girl", turning tragedy into comedy. Here too is Shakespeare altered, allowing the star-crossed lovers to live happily ever after. But of course the bigger alteration is that the actors are garden gnomes, red and blue to identify the feuding … Continue reading GNOMEO & JULIET

The best satire currently on television is also the greatest parody of television news -- ever. It combines the graphics-crazed, overlit, flash-and-sensation look of the Fox News Channel and the Blitzer-panel- of-experts, giant-touch-wallscreen antics of CNN. Onion is not ideological: its laughs don't come at you from the Left as on The Daily Show. Rather, … Continue reading THE ONION NEWS NETWORK

TRUE GRIT is a revenge flick that IS gritty...and layered with several moments of dark humor. Hailee Steinfeld owns this movie from start to finish, carrying the whole thing on her 14 year old shoulders. While Melissa Leo rocked in The Fighter, I have to say this young woman should get the gold. Jeff Bridges … Continue reading TRUE GRIT