Wanderlust

Posted on February 15, 2012 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Wain , studio Universal Pictures ,
Release Date: 2012-02-24
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Starring: Ken Marino Jennifer Aniston – Linda Ray Liotta Alan Alda – Carvin Justin Theroux – Seth

George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George’s awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can’t buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves? — (C) Universal

Perfect Sense

Posted on January 25, 2012 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David MacKenzie , David Mackenzie , studio IFC Films ,
Release Date: 2012-02-10
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Starring: Eva Green – Susan Ewan McGregor – Michael Connie Nielsen Ewen Bremner Stephen Dillane – Samuel

Eva Green plays Susan, an expert in epidemics who, after having her heart broken, sees a patient who has lost the ability to smell anything after an unexpected crying jag. Turns out there is a small percentage of people who are experiencing emotional upheavals and then losing one or more of their senses. As she begins to research this condition, she comes to understand that the malady threatens the entire world. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Tirdad Derakhshani

2011-10-27 original_score 2/4 freshness rotten

Philadelphia Inquirer The film loses its charm with annoying sequences that have a narrator explain to us The Meaning of it All and then tell us What Really Matters in life Love. Love. Love.

Duane Byrge

2011-02-08 freshness none

Hollywood Reporter

Janie Jones

Posted on October 20, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David M. Rosenthal , studio Independent Pictures ,
Release Date: 2011-10-28
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Starring: Abigail Breslin – Janie Jones Alessandro Nivola – Ethan Elisabeth Shue – Mary Ann Peter Stormare – Sloan Frances Fisher – Lily

Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola) and his band are on the comeback trail when a former flame (Elisabeth Shue) drops a bomb in his lap: their 13-year-old daughter, Janie Jones (Abigail Breslin). Ethan refuses to believe Janie is his kid, but when her mom suddenly leaves for rehab, the child has no place to go but into the tour bus and on the road with the band. With no inclination toward fatherhood, Ethan continues his hard-living ways, leaving Janie to fend for herself in the dive bars and sleazy motels along the way. As Ethan’s self-destructive spiral threatens to destroy his band’s future, Janie uses her own surprising musical talents to help guide him down the rocky road to redemption. — (C) Tribeca Film

Ray Bennett

2011-10-20 freshness rotten

Hollywood Reporter An earnest tale about a faded rock star who discovers he has a teenaged daughter and takes her on the road Janie Jones follows a predictable path and despite decent performances it does not catch fire.

Dennis Harvey

2010-09-17 freshness rotten

Variety Despite the pic’s assets and overall restraint a whiff of cliched deja vu remains.

The Big Year

Posted on September 27, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Frankel , studio 20th Century Fox ,
Release Date: 2011-10-14
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Starring: Owen Wilson – Kenny Bostick Jack Black – Brad Harris Steve Martin – Stu Rashida Jones – Carol Anjelica Huston

Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads — one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. From David Frankel, the director of The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me, comes a sophisticated comedy about three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams. Their big year takes them on a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing adventures. — (C) 20th Century Fox

Archie’s Final Project

Posted on September 5, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Lee Miller , studio Independent Pictures ,
Release Date: 2011-09-23
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Starring: Gabriel Sunday – Archie Williams Brooke Nevin – Sierra David Carradine – Jesse Gabriel Vargas Joe Mantegna – Dr. Gafur Chandrasakar Mariel Hemingway – Charlotte Silver

Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he’s going to kill himself – on camera – for a class project. His classmates, parents, Sierra – the most beautiful girl in school (Brooke Nevin), and a “Shady Bunch” of shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers, and counselors descend on Archie. Some are hoping to save him, some want to imitate him, others try to push him over the brink. Archie films every moment of his high school experience, hiding nothing from his audience: realities of life, death, violence, sex, drugs, and the intense media overload and hypocrisy that bombard all teenagers.– (C) Official Site

Shark Night 3D

Posted on August 27, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David R. Ellis , studio Relativity Media ,
Release Date: 2011-09-02
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Sinqua Walls – Malik Chris Carmack – Dennis Alyssa Diaz – Maya Joel David Moore – Gordon Sara Paxton – Sara

Arriving by boat at her family’s Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land. — (C) Relativity Media

The Sitter

Posted on July 25, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Gordon Green , studio 20th Century Fox ,
Release Date: 2011-08-05
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Starring: Jonah Hill Sam Rockwell Ari Graynor Max Records J.B. Smoove

Jonah Hill takes the kids he’s being paid to babysit on an adventure while trying to score drugs for his girlfriend in this comedy from director David Gordon Green. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

The Change-Up

Posted on July 13, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Dobkin ,
Release Date: 2011-08-05
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Starring: Ryan Reynolds – Mitch Jason Bateman – Dave Leslie Mann – Jamie Olivia Wilde – Sabrina Alan Arkin

Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. Following a drunken night out together, Mitch and Dave’s worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other’s bodies and proceed to freak the &*#@ out. Despite the freedom from their normal routines and habits, the guys soon discover that each other’s lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. — (C) Universal Pictures

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Posted on June 29, 2011 by director

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Director: David Yates ,
Release Date: 2011-07-15
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Ralph Fiennes – Lord Voldemort Michael Gambon – Professor Albus Dumbledore Alan Rickman – Professor Severus Snape Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter Rupert Grint – Ron Wesley

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here. — (C) Warner Bros

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