Friends don’t let friends drive drunk, lest they wind up spending the rest of their lives paralyzed and in a wheelchair. With a title like this, can it get any cuter? It can — when the viewer finds Gus “I Traced Psycho” Van Sant at his well-intentioned best. From the …
Her super powers extend far beyond those of the mild-mannered gatekeeper whose job it is to flag cabs or sign for packages. Look! Up in the vestibule! It’s a guard! It’s a greeter! It’s Doorman! Ruby Rose makes her first big screen ascent since controversially relinquishing the role of TV’s …
What an uncomfortably odd experience it is being the only one in the auditorium not in on the joke. Prior to last Saturday morning’s packed kiddie show, the closest I had come to Dora the Explorer was when her costumed likeness — making the rounds at the San Diego Latino …
George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson, P Diddy and other celebrities who have made the move to tequila would be wise to check out what their high-profile brands have done to put a drain on family-owned distilleries in the Jalisco Highlands. The once prosperous Two Seasons factory has reached a painful crossroad. …
George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson, P Diddy and other celebrities who have made the move to tequila would be wise to check out what their high-profile brands have done to put a drain on family-owned distilleries in the Jalisco Highlands. The once prosperous Two Seasons factory has reached a painful crossroad. …
The more Jesse Eisenberg films there are, the more I embrace Michael Cera. The fidgety, uni-expressioned Eisenberg tackles the dual role of a secondary government clerk, kicked further to the curb after the sudden appearance of his assured doppelganger in Richard Ayoade’s adaptation of the Dostoevsky novella. Not since Only …
The homicide transpired in a Brooklyn housing project in 2014: NYPD cop Peter Liang was two years on the job when he happened across Akai Gurley, an unarmed 28-year-old black man, on a dim flight of steps. The 911 call ends with the neighbor on the other end gasping, “The …
If the goal was to hire an actual racist to play the lead, who better than Mel Gibson to answer the call? It’s the most inspired bit of casting to hit Hollywood (and Gibson’s career) in ages. Gibson and Vince Vaughn play a pair of suspended detectives who put their …
King Hu’s masterwork is guaranteed to out-Marvel any of the major blockbusters on this summer’s release schedule. Hearken back to 1457 AD, a time when hard-hearted eunuchs governed China. The country's most powerful undercover operations have been divided in two: the Imperial Guard, dressed in white, and their black-clad counterparts, …
After two years of widowerhood, and thinking the time is right for a much-needed getaway, Luke (Henry Thomas) packs Josh (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong), his still-traumatized son and Gail (Radha Mitchell, who also produced), the boy’s replacement mom, into the family roadster and heads to their secluded summer house aka the very …
Out for revenge, seamstress-turned-sleuth Kate WInslet returns to her rural Australian hometown and, using haute couture much the same way Sherlock Holmes would apply deductive reasoning, cracks a decades old crime that positioned her as a murderess. Thankfully, this was a lot darker than anticipated. For over half its running …
A friendship between a pair of ‘spoken for’ co-workers at a Chicago brewery gradually heats up in what has to be the sweetest, most romantic, and non-judgmental 90 minutes you’ll ever spend in the company of functioning alcoholics. With top comedic performances in Butter and now Drinking Buddies, Olivia Wilde …
In the shadows of their bedroom, a Japanese power couple — actor-director Yûsuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and screenwriter Oto Kafuku (Reika Kirishima) — take advantage of their post-coital glow to hatch an idea for a T.V. pilot. She is always with him; while driving, he runs lines off a tape …