Film Review: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of National Lampoon Dynamic Documentary Traces The Rise And Fall Of A Comedy Empire Comedy has an ability to capture the spirit of the times like no other genre of entertainment. Think “The Soupy Sales Show” in [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 15, 2015 Read More Would you buy your comedy from these people?
Film Review: He Named Me Malala Documentary Exalts, Humanizes Teenage Activist If you’re looking for inspirational, modern-day uplift, you could do worse than the remarkable true-life story of Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai. Filmmaker Davis [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 08, 2015 Read More Malala
Film Review: Sicario Blunt, Brutal Drug War Drama Finds Cops And Robbers (But Not Good Guys And Bad Guys) Along The Us-Mexico Border Sicario is one of those ripped-from-the-headlines thrillers that hits so close to home it’s uncomfortable. What with all of Donald Trump’s blustery rhetoric [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 01, 2015 Read More ”Oh shit
Film Review: The Intern Nancy Meyers’ Genial Workplace Comedy Does The Job It Was Hired To Do Behold, America (and, by extension, the rest of the world as they consume our country’s pop-cultural output): Robert De Niro at his cutest [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 24, 2015 Read More The stars of The Godfather II and Brokeback Mountain get all cute.
Film Review: Grandma Lily Tomlin Is A Tough Old Bird In Emotional Comedy About The Choices We Make In Life Back in 1999 brothers Paul and Chris Weitz wrote and directed a little film called American Pie. That raunchy comedy hit made over [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 17, 2015 Read More “Who wants to go to Sonic?”
Film Review: The Visit What’s The Twist In M. Night Shyamalan’s New “Old People Are Scary” Thriller? ... That It’s A Decent Film. Oh, M. Night Shyamalan. We, the American movie-viewing audience, don’t know what to do with you. Your breakthrough film, The Sixth Sense, made [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 10, 2015 Read More Grandma
Film Review: Mistress America Baumbach And Gerwig Reunite For Some Screwball Sophistication Indie film writer-director Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming, The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding) and indie film writer-actress Greta Gerwig [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 03, 2015 Read More “I’m more of a Samantha
Film Review: Meru High-Altitude Documentary Hits Viewers Like An Avalanche Frankly, I’ve never understood the appeal of extreme, high-altitude mountain climbing. Particularly when it comes to the Himalayas. Your odds of dying are [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 27, 2015 Read More An extreme sports enthusiast
Film Review: Listen To Me Marlon Brando Talks About Brando In Mesmerizing Showbiz Documentary One of the hardest things to accomplish in a documentary is to capture the spirit of the person or persons you’re documenting. For [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 20, 2015 Read More Brando being Brando
Film Review: The Man From U.n.c.l.e. ‘60S Spy Saga Retuns With Style If Paramount can make a successful franchise out of the long-gone TV spy series “Mission: Impossible,” there’s no reason why Warner Bros. can’t [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 13, 2015 Read More “Well ... it’s not that big a gun.”