Some movies are balancing acts—or at least attempt to be—trying to manage two disparate things at the same time. Whether that’s because the movie is a mix of genres or attitudes or ideas or anything else, finding the perfect blend… Read More ›
Leslie Mann
Movie Review: “Welcome to Marwen”
Robert Zemeckis’s “Welcome to Marwen’ opens with a waxy-looking Steve Carell flying over Belgium during the Second World War. He is Cap’n Hogie, and soon finds himself on foot and ambushed by Nazis. The sequence is beautiful, but there is… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Blockers”
Is it possible to make a raunchy teenage sex comedy today, one that focuses on a diversity of opinions and backgrounds and sexual orientations, one that has fun with the genre, one that notes the double standards while still centering… Read More ›
Movie Review: "The Comedian" (2017)
There are many out there who will tell you that people don’t change, that we are who we are and that’s it. Such seems to be the philosophy behind the new Robert De Niro comedy, “The Comedian.” Directed by Taylor… Read More ›
