HollywoodandFine.com “Neighbors” may not be a particularly well-thought-out film (huge third-act problems). But it has some of the biggest sustained laughs of the summer. The fact that the three biggest jokes are, in essence, penis jokes (one involves a used condom, so I count that) may have something to do …
HollywoodandFine.com What if they gave a Rapture and you weren’t invited? That was the idea behind Michael Tolkin’s 1991 film “The Rapture,” as well as Tom Perrotta’s 2009 novel, “The Leftovers.” What if you were a skeptic – and your very skepticism resulted in you missing out on the very …
HollywoodandFine.com Foul-mouthed without being particularly funny, involved without being compelling, Judd Apatow’s “This Is 40” wants to be deeper than it really is. Which is an Apatowian trademark. Apatow aspires to be a contemporary Frank Capra – albeit one with fart and blowjob jokes. But his movies are always about …
HollywoodandFine.com An icon of the baby-boom generation, Barbra Streisand teams up with the free-spirited shlub-star of the Millenials, Seth Rogen, in “The Guilt Trip,” a movie whose wit is never as sharp as its heart is warm. For a comedy with heart, this film by Anne Fletcher is unfortunately short …
HollywoodandFine.com From time to time, I offer an installment in my “Annals of the Overrated.” But I don’t believe director David Gordon Green is worth an entire installment – so let this review of his latest film, “The Sitter,” serve as his induction. Consider him officially overrated. Green, you may …