BIOPIC
RYAN: This is the new movie from director Ron Howard and I did not connect with this film at all. It’s about rival race car drivers, based on a true story, and I didn’t care if either of them would have crashed and burned. CHUCK: [laughs’ Ok. And I felt the opposite. I loved it. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is a new suspenseful crime thriller starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viloa Davis, Terence Howard, and others and it’s a very dark family drama, really. CAROLINE: The trailer looks so amazing – I’m dying to see it. How was it? RYAN: It’s very good – it’s a bit slow and long but it’s ..
ACTION
RYAN: This is The Family and I’m so glad to actually walk out of a movie having enjoyed one again because I feel like there’s been a string of bad movies lately. But I just love this cast: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Quinn from TV’s Glee… CHUCK: Dianna Agron and Tommy Lee Jones. RYAN: It ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Passion stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace who are both former Sherlock Holmes damsels. It was written and directed by Brian De Palma and it jumps genres halfway through the movie, from a drama to a psychological thriller and I liked the first half much better. CHUCK: It’s a bipolar movie. RYAN: [laughs’ Seriously! ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is a suspense-driven drama starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall as ex-lovers who are working both with and against each other on a high-profile terrorism case in London. CAROLINE: It looks like a good mystery and we like the cast. How did it turn out? RYAN: Eh… it’s ok but not as riveting ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This film was written by the same guys who did (500) Days of Summer and it’s consistent in that they write such fully realized, natural relationships. The best thing about this strong dramedy is the relationships. TIMOTHY: When it first started, I was terrified we were about to watch another American Pie. I was ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Lee Daniels’ The Butler is the latest from the acclaimed director of Precious. It’s his best and it’s about the civil rights movement and racism in America, as relates to the story of a butler in The White House over decades. It’s really a history lesson about equality. ANGIE: This film is interesting because ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is an ambitious movie with a good cast that doesn’t completely deliver for all it aspires to be. I was a bit bored. TIMOTHY: I liked it. It’s not the thriller it’s set up to be, at all; there wasn’t that much to do with paranoia – it was all actually happening. They ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Blue Jasmine is the new Woody Allen movie starring Cate Blanchett. It is sad, disturbing and very good.CHUCK: I loved it. I always group Woody Allen with Neil Simon – from that same era of the ’70s and ’80s when they were both really big. They have a certain theatrical style to their writing ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: One of the first real Oscar bait movies of the year is Fruitvale Station. It’s super frustrating because it’s based on a true story but unlike many that share the description, this one is less dramatized and fairly accurate. It’s real and incredibly sad that this actually happened. ERIC: It is sad and it ..
COMEDY
RYAN: I’m glad to have my pal Eric Wightman join me for this review. I really enjoy talkin’ movies with him and this movie is from the studio that brought us Juno and Little Miss Sunshine. I loved it. It’s a quintessential dramedy, super funny with touching drama. ERIC: It’s the perfect, anti-Summer movie. It’s ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: Sofia Coppola’s latest writing/directing effort, The Bling Ring, is based on the true story of criminal high schoolers as profiled in a Vanity Fair article. It adapts well to the screen, largely because I love Emma Watson. CAROLINE: These robberies were a major news story when they happened, which I totally remember of course, ..
