BIOPIC
RYAN: I’ve been eagerly awaiting this film since I love, adore and miss Princess Diana so much and this biopic was actually released very briefly in November of 2013 in limited run with Oscar hopes but alas, it hasn’t garnered praise or respect. Now there doesn’t appear to be any other plans for distribution theatrically ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This movie is so randomly opening on Christmas day when most other movies are big blockbusters or major award contenders. This fits into neither category. It’s actually a very lighthearted boxing movie which is an oxymoron. It’s fine, it’s sweet but I don’t want my boxing movie to be sweet. I want it to ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is the latest from the Coen Brothers who are relatively known for making edgy, shocking, profound and interesting movies in comparison to everything else out there. As for this one, however, it’s mostly mundane. CAROLINE: They’re also known for a lot of violence in their movies which this one has virtually none of, ..
COMEDY
RYAN: I have really been looking forward to this movie because I loved the original – a French Canadian film called Starbuck – and this has the same writer/director, Ken Scott. It stars Vince Vaughn and there’s a good reason it was remade. It’s a fantastic story. It’s clever, lighthearted, original, sweet and funny. CHUCK: I ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is the sequel to The Best Man and it’s the first movie I’ve ever seen that made be feel a little bitter toward movies because I normally go along for the ride in any context of a movie but this one had me rolling my eyes a lot. It tries to be everything at ..
FAMILY
RYAN: I’m thrilled to be joined in this review by my niece, Gaby! This is the first big, animated Thanksgiving movie I can think of and it’s really about turkeys as relates to the holiday but aside from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, this is the one. GABY: Yeah and I liked this. I thought it ..
DRAMA
RYAN: The new crime thriller from director Ridley Scott is a beautiful film but falls short on thrills. They’re in there but it’s 85% simmer and 15% boil. CAROLINE: That’s too bad. This cast is killer. Maybe it was just a slow script? RYAN: Well the movie is two hours long. If they cut thirty ..
HORROR
RYAN: At least it’s consistent. I liked this sequel about as much as I liked the first one and is suffers from all the same formulaic issues. CAROLINE: I haven’t seen either. RYAN: We like the cast – Patrick Wilson. CAROLINE: God he’s so hot! RYAN: Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey, who, I can only ..
ROMANTIC COMEDY
RYAN: Austenland is a new rom-com starring Keri Russell, one of many loosely adapted and inspired by the works of Jane Austen. I love the premise of this movie because I wholeheartedly relate to being an uber-fan/geek for the books I love and indulging in them. Keri plays a character who’s so obsessed with Jane ..
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 ..
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 ..
FAMILY
RYAN: This has been scoffed at as “Cars with wings,” because it just looks like the same thing. CHUCK: It’s actually part of the same franchise, from the World of Cars. RYAN: This movie skews juvenile. Young kids will like this but it’s not really a crowd-pleaser for the whole family. CHUCK: Agreed. You have ..
