23 September 2011

17 September 2011

Paul

is funny, in that (excuse me while I get literal) Seth-Rogen-meets-Shaun-of-the-Dead-at-Comic-Con-near-Area-51 sort of way.

13 September 2011

Hereafter

Warner Bros must have grimaced as they wrote the check for this good but very slow, very personal, very idiosyncratic meditation on death. Although we might never have expected it, it makes sense that only the grand patriarch of the studio could have put such large resources together for such an unexpected project.

12 September 2011

Thor

Not bad at all for a comic book movie, and a reminder from Mr. Branagh that the gap between Marvel and Shakespeare is a lot narrower than we might have been led to believe.

10 September 2011

It's kind of a funny story

Indie films are as formulaic as summer blockbusters these days, but that doesn't mean a good example of the genre isn't worth searching out. Like this one. Witness the magical method of conveying the utter joy of playing music very poorly with friends.

09 September 2011

Did You Hear About The Morgans?

Romantic comedies work better when the leads are charming and attractive.

04 September 2011

All Good Things

Thoroughly creepy, thanks in large part to Ryan Gosling's performance but I'm not sure whether the ambiguous bits help or hurt the movie's impact.