Film Review: Dunkirk Christopher Nolan Goes To War In A Heart-Pounding, Historical Drama About Victory In The Jaws Of Defeat In May of 1940, the increasingly dominant Nazi military closed in on Allied forces (minus America, given the early date) and pushed them [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 20, 2017 Read More "Yeah
Film Review: The Little Hours Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza And Kate Micucci Are Naughty Nuns In Oddball Literary Adaptation What the hell are Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Jemima Kirke, Nick Offerman, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 13, 2017 Read More Here comes trouble.
Film Review: Baby Driver Edgar Wright Takes An Eclectic Cast On A High-Speed Joyride With The Stereo Cranked To 11 With his goofy-smart cult films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The Word’s End, British writer-director Edgar [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 06, 2017 Read More "I refuse to believe that 1994's Peep This by Jamie Foxx in an underrated album."
Film Review: The Hero Sam Elliott’s Fictional Career Looks Suspiciously Like His Real One In Slow-Going Indie Drama In the glum, indie character study The Hero, iconic actor Sam Elliott stars as a well-aged cowboy actor—a role so perfectly cast, we [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 29, 2017 Read More "Beef: It's what's for dinner."
Film Review: Cars 3 Sentimental And Scenic, Trilogy-Ending Sports Flick Cruises To The Finish Line It’s a testament to the hit-making animation machine known as Pixar that even the company’s lesser efforts have paid off in spades for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 22, 2017 Read More
Film Review: Paris Can Wait Rambling Romantic Trip To Paris Should Have Taken The Bullet Train Another Coppola family member jumps into the feature filmmaking biz with the ambling romantic comedy/travelogue Paris Can Wait. Unfortunately, Eleanor Coppola (longtime wife [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 15, 2017 Read More
Film Review: My Cousin Rachel Love, Marriage And Maybe Murder In Merry Olde England When readers think of traditional English novels, they often imagine fastidious tales of love and marriage among the aristocracy, tales of the sort [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 08, 2017 Read More
Film Review: The Wedding Plan Israeli Romantic Comedy Eschews Romance And Comedy, But Still Finds Sympathy For Its Undaunted Heroine Muddling through her mid-30s, Orthodox Jewish singleton Michal (Noa Koler) is convinced the reason she is unhappy is because she’s not married. She [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 01, 2017 Read More Chalk one up for JDate.
Film Review: The Lovers Married Couple Cheat On The Cheaters They’re Cheating With In Admirably Drab Domestic Dramedy Debra Winger (working on the comeback she’s been developing since 2008’s Rachel Getting Married) and Tracy Letts (the Pulitzer Prize-winning actor/writer behind August: [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 25, 2017 Read More
Film Review: Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer Richard Gere Commits To Character In Influence-Peddling Drama Richard Gere has aged very well. In some instances, too well. He’s one of those actors who’s a little too good looking, a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 18, 2017 Read More Richard Gere