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Young Adult, for all the moments it works, is a movie I’d recommend to a film student, a critic, or an aspiring screenwriter. But for the feeling you’re left with when you walk out of the theater, like you’ve just witnessed a train wreck with no survivors, I wouldn’t recommend it to the casual movie goer. Go see The Muppets, or Hugo, and let your [...]
With the remake of Footloose getting good reviews it got me thinking about other lauded dance movies. There’s the Step It Up franchise, Honey, which will soon spawn a sequel, and even the classic Flashdance. Still none hold the place in my heart like these five, which I’ve yet to finish without hopping off the couch and trying to match some of the moves. It’s [...]
A BIG YEAR is a movie about competitive birding, which is not to be confused with birdwatching, though, after seeing the movie I’m still a little confused about the difference. As a film-strip style explanation at the start of the movie lays it out, birders want to spot different birds out of some kind of avian appreciation. And some of the more competitive birders attempt [...]
50/50 had me at Joseph Gorden Levitt’s giant smiling face, and he smiled quite a lot for a guy with a 50/50 chance of dying. Levitt’s Adam is diagnosed with spinal caner (by the doctor with the worst bedside manner in the world) and spends the next couple months working with a inept newbie shrink, dealing with a truly evil girlfriend, and befriending some fellow [...]
