Posted on January 23, 2015 at 9:36 am
There’s a lot of noise in “Mortdecai” but what I remember most is the silences where everything pauses for a moment to allow the audience to laugh without drowning out the next witty riposte. Nope, just crickets, as there was no laughter, just grim resolve on the part of those of us professionally obligated to …
Posted on January 23, 2015 at 8:00 am
This looks adorable. In theaters February 6, 2015.
Posted on January 22, 2015 at 5:58 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language, substance abuse and brief sexuality |
| Profanity: | Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Substance abuse including pills and alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some violence, themes of loss and damage |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | January 24, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | April 20, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00TY6CM7U |
Two shrewdly-chosen elements separate this film from the typical Lifetime saga of a middle class white woman struggling to overcome a dire challenge. First is the way writer Patrick Tobin and director Daniel Barnz (the underrated “Beastly”) trust the audience, dispensing with the usual ten-minute “before” scene allowing us to fall in love with the …
Posted on January 22, 2015 at 5:57 pm
Even by the very low standards of January movies, “The Boy Next Door” still manages to be a disappointment. It even manages to disappoint beyond the very dim expectations for director Rob Cohen, His “Alex Cross” and “Stealth” were both on my year-end worst lists and his entry in the “Fast and Furious” franchise (the …
Posted on January 22, 2015 at 3:55 pm
Amazon’s sexy and provocative “Mozart in the Jungle” series stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Lola Kirke, and Malcolm McDowell in a story set in the intensely competitive world of a big city orchestra. It is based on the tell-all tale by musician Blair Tindall, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music. I am enjoying …
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