Film Review: Annie It’s A Hard-Knock Life For A Former Orphan And A Guy Who Used To Be Daddy Warbucks In This Not-So-Expertly Updated Musical You hate to kick a cute little kid when she’s down. For starters, Little Orphan Annie is, well, an orphan. (Actually, in this [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 18, 2014 Read More “You ever see Booty Call
Film Review: Force Majeure Natural Disaster Kills The Mood In Icy Swedish Examination Of Love And Marriage Picture it: A happy Swedish family on a lovely skiing vacation in the French Alps. Mom and dad, sister and brother all schussing [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 11, 2014 Read More Poor
Film Review: The Theory Of Everything Love Is A Black Hole In Surprisingly Romantic Stephen Hawking Biopic Some brainy wit once observed that love is just a chemical reaction. That’s as clinically scientific an approach to the subject as you [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 27, 2014 Read More “Hey
Film Review: Pelican Dreams Odd Duck Of A Documentary Looks In On Our Fine, Feathered Friends [photo]In August of 2008 an injured California brown pelican was found wandering in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. With her rescue [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 20, 2014 Read More Filmmaker Judy Irving contemplates her subject.
Film Review: Whiplash Intense Musical Drama Is Tough Enough To Make The Kids From “Glee” Cry ... More Than They Normally Do Ah, the training montage, that old Hollywood standby. You know it by heart. Close your eyes and you can picture it, cut for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 13, 2014 Read More “Dammit
Film Review: Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) Michael Keaton Mocks His Own Backstory In High-Flying Show Biz Satire Over the course of his laudable-if-depressing career (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful), Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu has proved himself something of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 06, 2014 Read More
Film Review: The Blue Room Tightlipped French Crime Drama Drops Few Clues [photo]Well-known French actor Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Quantum of Solace, The Grand Budapest Hotel) flexes his cinematic muscles, writing, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 30, 2014 Read More Crime
Film Review: Dear White People Unabashed Comedy-Drama About Black And White College Students Plays All The Race Cards By the power vested in me by absolutely no one, I hereby declare 2014 The Year of “The Conversation.” Whether you’re on the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 23, 2014 Read More
Film Review: The Book Of Life Mexican-Themed Cartoon Offers Unexpected Seasonal Treats Just in time for Halloween—and more importantly Day of the Dead—comes the pleasantly offbeat, ethnically diverse family film The Book of Life. This [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More “... Yeah
Film Review: Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Kid-Centric Comedy Is Better Than Its Many Adjectives Miguel Arteta (director of such edgy, borderline uncomfortable comedies as Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, Youth in Revolt and Cedar [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 09, 2014 Read More Now make a wish and blow out your homework.
