Film Review: Robert Downey Jr. And Zach Galifianakis Disappoint In Due Date Cross-Country Bromance Jackknifes Thanks To Irritating Characters In what amounts to a minor reshuffling of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Robert Downey Jr. plays a hypersonically, megalithically uptight architect trying to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 04, 2010 Read More “Fine. But he’s paying for tip.”
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Special Day Of The Dead Edition Four Notable Undead Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Set during the Spanish Civil War, this atmospheric ghost story finds a young boy sent to an isolated orphanage where he must deal [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 04, 2010 Read More
I Like To Watch (Instantly): The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Lost In La Mancha Notable Terry Gilliam Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam ( Brazil, 12 Monkeys ) contributes his most imaginative fantasy to date. The trippy morality play concerns [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 21, 2010 Read More The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Film Review: Clint Eastwood Directs Matt Damon In Hereafter Clint Eastwood’s New Film Isn’t Dead, Just Resting Who would have thought that, after decades (and decades) as Hollywood’s premier tough guy, Clint Eastwood would become such a stodgy formalist as [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 21, 2010 Read More “Check it out
Film Review: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich And Morgan Freeman Star In Action/Comedy Red Amiable Action Comedy Proves Old People Can Still Kick Ass Lethal Weapon may not have been the first film to coin the phrase, “I’m too old for this shit!” But since then, every [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More Hers is bigger.
I Like To Watch (Instantly): The Landlord Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Oscar-winning editor Hal Ashby ( Harold and Maude ) cut his teeth as a director on this exuberant satire set in a pre-gentrification [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More Portrait of the artist as a young real estate investor
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Encounters At The End Of The World Notable Werner Herzog Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World At first, it seemed like the world didn't need a remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 cult crime film. Then, German madman Werner Herzog [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 07, 2010 Read More Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Film Review: Never Let Me Go Is An Overly Restrained Sci-Fi Experiment Overly Restrained Sci-Fi Experiment Fails To Create Life Some people seem to think the new film based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed sci-fi(ish) novel Never Let Me Go is highly subject to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 07, 2010 Read More The retro-futuristic
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Jazz On A Summer's Day, The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill Notable Documentary Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World New York photographer Bert Stern's first and only documentary is sort of the granddaddy of modern musical documentaries. Shot in 1958, the film [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Film Review: Director David Fincher (Fight Club) And Writer Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men) Whip Up Some Of The Best Work Of Their Careers In The Social Network Mark Z. Unfriends The World In Funny, Fascinating Biopic Rated PG-13; Opens Friday, 10/1/2010 Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More “Janet’s boob? I totally planned that!”