It’s “Date Night” meets “Midnight Run.” Between “The Big Sick” and “The Lovebirds,” both directed by Michael Showalter, Kumail Nanjiani has found himself in bad comedies like “Men in Black International,” “Stuber,” […]
The Lovebirds
The Wrong Missy
“The Wrong Missy?” How about “The Wrong Movie to Stream?” Because of how “Pixels” and “Blended” failed to make Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company big bucks like “Big Daddy” or “Happy […]
The Half of It
This coming-of-age comedy shows us the plagiarism and truth about love. It’s always fun to look back at the best coming of age movies like ”The Breakfast Club” or ”Sixteen Candles,” and […]
Hope Gap
Divorcing is such sweet sorrow for Bening and Nighy. I’ve seen another artisan film called “The Truth,” which barely talks about its characters’ problems, and left me uninterested. It never seemed to […]
I Still Believe
This Christian drama has heart, but not enough faith. I don’t attend much Christian dramas, because of they lately present themselves with their bad acting, negative writing, and silly filmmaking. I believe […]
Ordinary Love
Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville both win us over. At the “Ordinary Love” screening I attended, Liam Neeson jokingly mentioned how he was promised to punch a villain in the face, given […]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
This LGBT French picture is worth a thousand words. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a radiant and passionate French film about a female painter, a reserved aristocrat, and the romance […]
Downhill
Eliane Benes and Ron Burgundy slip on the ice in this boring remake. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell are two of the best comedy talents in the entertainment world, but in “Downhill,” […]
The Photograph
The past and present show no red eyes in their images, and that’s fine by me. “The Photograph” is a romance drama that isn’t just about the relationship between two strangers; it’s […]
Olympic Dreams
Kroll and Pappas go down slippery slopes in this affectionate comedy. I attended a special screening of “Olympic Dreams,” and met the collaborators of it: director Jeremy Teicher, and writers/stars Nick Kroll […]
