This is a feel-good movie through and through, although rather pie-in-the sky. I gather the point of the story is that kindness begets kindness from a London dance hall to the House of Dior in Paris…except when it doesn’t. Mrs. Ada Harris (played superbly by Lesley Manville) is a kindly, sparkly cleaning woman who gets a […]
Brian (Earl) is an inventive soul whose house in Wales looks like a laboratory made from whatever he can find and bring home. He’s even made a cuckoo clock that can fly so the townspeople can check out the time in the sky wherever they are. Then one day he decides to make a robot to help
This production executive produced by the Duplass brothers and Roshan Sethi (the latter also the director) and written by Sethi and the star Karan Soni seemed to have promise but turns out to be less interesting than expected. I realize that I was anticipating something like The Big Sick (starring Kumal Nanjani and Zoe Kazan), a rom-com written
Marry Me is the sweet kind of comedy many are drawn to. Unlikely events transpire with a few worrisome moments, the main characters are likeable, and the plot gradually thickens to bring the show to an end. Jennifer Lopez as Kat Valdez, a wildly popular singer plays the role beautifully and convincingly throughout. It’s fun for the average viewer
This is a smart comedy—laugh-out-loud funny in places—well written (Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger) and suspenseful because it’s unclear just how everything will be worked out. In some ways, it’s a series of funny disasters, but it’s more than that in its touching on the difficulties in long-term relationships and the hazards of scheming to achieve
Maybe you have seen the previous four collaborations with Mads Mikkelsen and director Anders Thomas Jensen, or maybe this is your first experience with their work. Either way “Riders of Justice” is more than just a Danish action film, it’s so creative that it’s making its way into the mainstream movie world here in the
This is a kung fu action movie like you’ve never seen before, most likely. Three middle-aged men who had special status in their youth for being the chosen of their master teacher, (“the unbeatable Paper Tigers) feel bound to defend the honor of their idol after he has died, despite the fact that they have not
Rahmin Bahrani’s films are recognized for their relevance and social commentary in films such as 99 Homes, Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, and Goodbye Solo. Here, he takes on the caste system in India, brilliantly illustrating its unfairness and how antiquated it is, along with the corruption found in the highest as well as the lowest rungs of society. Along
There are few movies that can land a genuine smile on your face. I’m talking pure unfiltered joy coming from the creativity beaming on screen, something we need now even more than when I first reviewed this film back in Toronto last fall. “The Personal History of David Copperfield” manages to do that more than
For the last ten years, British actors Steve Coogan (“Philomena”) and Rob Brydon (“Holmes & Watson”) have delivered whimsical travel films, making fun of themselves and others, while sampling the finest foods. They began in England, the sequel took them to Italy, it was a trilogy in Spain and they complete their journey in Greece.