Despite A Clever Concept, ‘Nina Forever’ Lacks Bite

Synopsis: After his girlfriend Nina dies in a car crash, Rob unsuccessfully attempts suicide. As he begins to overcome his grief, he falls in love with a coworker, Holly. Their relationship is complicated when Nina, unable to find rest in the afterlife, comes back to life to sarcastically torment them whenever they have sex. Release Date: […]

‘Entertainment’ Spends Some Quality Time With The Saddest Funnyman Around

Synopsis: En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert. Release Date: November 13, 2015     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Film Review Production Entertainment is all about a bad stand-up comedian (Gregg Turkington, better known by […]

Film Review: ‘J. Edgar’

J. Edgar stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) as J. Edgar Hoover, the former director of the FBI. An aging Hoover dictates his memoirs to a writer, focusing on his rise to power and the policies and procedures that he implemented during his reign. Told through flashbacks, the story takes place over the course of about 50 years but mainly concentrates on the Lindberg baby kidnapping case, as well as on Hoover’s relationship with his secretary, Helen Gandy (The Ring’s Naomi Watts), and his associate director Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer, the twins from The Social Network).

The Glass Slipper Still Fits In ‘Cinderella’

Synopsis: A live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale, Cinderella brings to life the timeless images from Disney’s 1950 animated masterpiece as fully-realized characters in a visually-dazzling spectacle for a whole new generation. Release Date: March 13, 2015     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance Film Review Production Over the last few decades, filmmakers far […]

Growing Up Works Well For Bridget Jones

The last time we saw Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) she was in her underwear, braving the cold London air as she and Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) had a romantic moment. It was a fitting end to Jones’ love story, which has always been more about the girl coming of age than it has the men […]