How great can a movie be? How far can a director push the boundaries of technology and creativity? Alfonso Cuaron answers both in GRAVITY, and the answer is pretty damn great and farther than you could ever dream! This is easily the most spectacular use of 3D I have ever seen. Cuaron puts you in orbit … Continue reading GRAVITY

It's easier to forgive a comedy for being lazy because, unless it's so god-awful it never even deserved to be made, it probably had a least a laugh or two. WE'RE THE MILLERS has lots more than that, but the writers are not on their A-game. The single biggest reason to see this is for … Continue reading WE’RE THE MILLERS

Machete don't do a lot of things. He don't text, he don't tweet, he don't die. Maybe he should add sequels to his list. MACHETE KILLS is the next installment that features Danny Trejo as the former Federale who is the badass' badass. We find Machete and his girlfriend (?) Jessica Alba busting American soldiers … Continue reading MACHETE KILLS

If you are going to make a movie about porn you can go a few ways. BOOGIE NIGHTS is a "nostalgic" look at 1970's era porn. You can go documentary like INSIDE DEEP THROAT which looks at how that film got made and how it became a cultural phenomenon. For his first time out as … Continue reading DON JON

When you're trying to make a movie about a group of friends attempting to relive their youth, it can get messy. Very messy. The filmmakers have to watch out for over sentimentality. Some try to hide that in comedy and almost never get it right. No worries about that here. THE WORLD'S END is almost … Continue reading THE WORLD’S END

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won a mantle full of Emmy awards. From "Seinfeld" to "Veep", she has without a doubt had the most successful career of any of the "Seinfeld" cast (not that we should measure such things, but there you go). But her success on the small screen hasn't yet translated to the big screen. … Continue reading ENOUGH SAID