Release: Friday, May 13, 2016 (limited) [Theater] Written by: Yorgos Lanthimos; Efthymis Filippou Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos Outré black comedy The Lobster might be likened to a religious experience for those looking for their fix of anti-Valentine's Day sentiments. If you look hard enough you could even find enough evidence to validate its romance label as well, but it's so weird and so … Continue reading The Lobster
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Man Up
Release: Friday, November 13, 2015 (limited) [Netflix] Written by: Tess Morris Directed by: Ben Palmer Man Up plays out like the self-help book on dating that you never knew you needed. Or wanted. It's a romantic comedy where the romance is neither obnoxious nor saccharine and where not everyone is all LOL-ing up in your face because they're … Continue reading Man Up
Run All Night
Release: Friday, March 13, 2015 [Theater] Written by: Brad Ingelsby Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Emotionally resonant, impressively acted and frenetically paced to a fault, the latest demonstration of Neeson's physical and intellectual stamina may suffer from a case of 'been there, done that' but that's more in reference to the general direction this new release takes and less … Continue reading Run All Night
Her
Release: Friday, January 10, 2014 [Theater] When Spike Jonze makes a film this intelligent, it's pretty difficult to comprehend the fact that this is the same guy underneath all that ghastly 'Old Granny' make-up in Jackass. Even though that was a pretty minor role Jonze played in the show/movies, it was still a semi-recurring one. Yet, … Continue reading Her
Blue is the Warmest Color
Release: Friday, October 25, 2013 (limited) [Theater] A film already mired in controversy surrounding it's director and one of the lead stars, Léa Seydoux, stirs up a conversation I don't think a great many of us have had at the theaters, perhaps ever. I think that's because most conversations had when filing out of the exit … Continue reading Blue is the Warmest Color
Thanks For Sharing
Release: Friday, September 20, 2013 (limited) [Theater] ....and now that you have, please don't ever share again. It might cost us our friendship. So said Gwyneth Paltrow to Mark Ruffalo's Adam, who's celebrating five years of celibacy. Well, maybe 'celebrating' is a poor choice of words for this situation, but still. Ruffalo plays a dude who … Continue reading Thanks For Sharing
