No Reservations
This is a mildly amusing romantic comedy. Actually it’s light on the romance and even lighter on the comedy (meaning that there are no big laughs.) However it is definitely… Read more »
Category: Movies
The Simpsons Movie
I can’t believe we’re paying to see something we could watch for free on TV. Everyone in this theater is a sucker! Especially YOU! –Homer Simpson Regrettably it has been… Read more »
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I’m probably not representative of the target audience for this movie. I only read the first book in the Harry Potter series, though I have seen and enjoyed all of… Read more »
Ratatouille
Given that Pixar’s latest movie was written and directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and tells the tale of a rat who doesn’t want to eat garbage and dreams of… Read more »
Once
This is a quirky little Irish musical that is getting a limited distribution in the U.S. I enjoyed it; the music is great, but I suspect it will have limited… Read more »
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
This movie is the third in a series that has been going steadily downhill. The first movie in the series (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)… Read more »
Waitress
This is a well-made and well-acted film, but ultimately one that I find unsatisfactory. Jenna (Keri Russell) is a strikingly beautiful waitress with a fantastic talent for making pies. She… Read more »
Hot Fuzz
This movie is a British parody of American cop/buddy/action thrillers. That’s an easily parodied genre, but the dry British humor makes this surprisingly quirky and interesting. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg)… Read more »
The Namesake
This is an earnest, heartfelt and well-intentioned movie, and I really wish that I liked it more than I do. It’s basically about some immigrants from India who name their… Read more »
The Hoax
In 1970 Clifford Irving, a minor writer best known for a biography of a notorious art forger, approached McGraw-Hill with an astonishing proposal: he had made a deal with reclusive… Read more »