Director: Thomas McCarthy Starring: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Alex Shaffer Thomas McCarthy has directed 3 films now. I haven’t seen The Station Agent but have heard good things. The 2007 film The Visitor was one of the better surprises of the year as Richard Jenkins put on an awesome performance. Now, with Win Win he has made a … Continue reading »
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Larry Crowne
Director: Tom Hanks Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts I think everyone knows what they want Larry Crowne to be. Everyone expects this movie to be a romantic comedy similar to the likes of Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail. This film certainly is not in the realm of those two movies, even though the … Continue reading »
Bad Teacher
Director: Jake Kasdan Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake There are some very funny things going on in Bad Teacher, the raunchy comedy with Cameron Diaz playing a woman who is simply looking for a rich guy to give her financial security. In the beginning of the film, after just a year of teaching, … Continue reading »
X-Men: First Class
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon The opening reviews for the prequel to the X-Men franchise were overwhelmingly positive. This only mildly surprised me because the two leads in the film have a pretty solid track record with their history of roles. On one side you have James … Continue reading »
Let Me In
With the Twilight series and HBO’s True Blood, a vampire craze started sweeping America. In all the chaos and crappy Twilight movies being released (although the latest one that was released wasn’t bad) I feel that at the start of this explosion in the popularity with vampires, a truly great film about … Continue reading »
