Feel 30 years younger when you see BEGIN AGAIN-- a beguiling romantic comedy that will remind you of what it was like to be in love, have your heart broken, and follow your dream, starring PEOPLE MAGAZINE's sexiest man alive--Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, and the gorgeous Keira Knightley! Here's the story-- Keira Knightley plays [...]
We knew him first as Michael "Meathead" Stivic--Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law on Norman Lear's iconic TV series ALL IN THE FAMILY. The actor, writer, producer, director eventually went on to helm Oscar-nominated movies THE PRINCESS BRIDE, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, and his masterpiece STAND BY ME, as well as WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, THE AMERICAN [...]
So many screens-- so little to see. GODZILLA is godawful. And put a big X through X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Coasting on the devotion of diehard fans who remember the back stories, this latest installment suffers from franchise burnout and never breaks a sweat. How about MALEFICENT? What could be better than Angelina Jolie [...]
Watching FADING GIGOLO the new movie written, directed by, and starring John Turturrro, is like joining a crazy conversation in progress-- and trying to catch up. Woody Allen plays an old bookseller named Murray-- who is closing up shop, but is hardly out of ideas. In fact, he's got a dilly: he's pitching his friend [...]
I am sitting here as a nor'easter wails outside, thinking about WINTER'S TALE and how cold it left me. It's also not going to do much for the ravishing young actress whose character "Lady Sybil" was killed off in DOWNTOWN ABBEY--Jessica Brown Findlay. Her career will remain in the deep freeze until a better movie [...]
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR has certainly heated up the conversation about women, sex on film, and madmen directors. Since the NC-17 rated movie along with its leading ladies (a first!) won the Palme d'Or the highest honor at this year's Cannes Film Festival, arguments have erupted, accusations have been hurled, and tears have been [...]
I cannot say enough about ENOUGH SAID-- one of the best films at the movies right now! It's an authentic, charming, tenderly-acted but unsentimental tale about grown-ups falling in love. Yes-- grown-ups, a pair of middle-aged divorcees played by the late James Gandolfini (to whom the film is dedicated) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Albert and Eva meet [...]
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK starring Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence & Bradley Cooper is due out on DVD on APRIL 30! If you are trying to decide whether or not to see, stream, or buy--check out my new :30 Second Review feature with video to get the bottom line fast!
You are cordially invited to a special screening in Cambridge! The TCM Classic Film Festival "Road To Hollywood" is bringing the TCM Classic Film Festival to Boston showing THE ROYAL WEDDING, Tuesday, March 12th at7:30PM at the Brattle Theatre. Film Historian and Author, Leonard Maltin will be hosting a Q&A after the event with special guest Jane [...]
I set my alarm (as a late riser, I'm always on L.A. time) and was up at the crack of 8:30 to hear Emma Stone and this year's Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane announce the nominations-- when I was blown out of my breakfast nook by the stupefying news that Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck were [...]
