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Comedy

They Came Together

Directed by David Wain Produced by Michael Showalter Written by Michael Showalter and Wain Released by Lionsgate. 83 min. Rated R With Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Cobie Smulders , Christopher Meloni, Max Greenfield, Bill Hader, Ellie Kemper, Jason Mantzoukas, Melanie Lynskey, Ed Helms, Michael Ian Black, Michael Murphy, Kenan Thompson, Jack McBrayer, and Ken Marino […]

Land Ho!

Written and Directed by Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz Produced by Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy and Christina Jennings Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 95 min. Rated R With Paul Eenhoorn, Earl Lynn Nelson, Karrie Crouse and Elizabeth McKee Land Ho!, a slight, harmless little film, has charm but ultimately disappoints. Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson), […]

Obvious Child

Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre, based on a story by Robespierre, Karen Maine and Elisabeth Holm, and a 2009 short film by Anna Bean, Maine and Robespierre Produced by Elisabeth Holm Released by A24 USA. 83 min. Rated R With Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, Polly Draper, Richard Kind, David Cross […]

Fading Gigolo

Written and Directed by John Turturro Produced by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Bill Block and Paul Hanson Released by Millennium Entertainment. USA. 90 min. Rated R With John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, and Sofia Vergara How can a film featuring a renowned cast and led by a well-meaning director come off as […]

Blumenthal

Directed and Written by Seth Fisher Produced by Alexander Cendese, Garrett P. Fennelly, Jean-Raphael Ambron, Jesse Ozeri and Zak Mulligan Released by Gone Fishing Pictures/Act Zero Films USA. 85 min. Not rated With Mark Blum, Laila Robins, Seth Fisher, Mei Melançon, Alexander Cendese, Nicole Ansari, Kevin Isola, Fred Melamed, and Brian Cox The only thing […]

Cheap Thrills

Directed by E. L. Katz Written by David Chirchirillo and Trent Haaga Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 88 min. Not rated With Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner and Sara Paxton It’s possible there is someone somewhere who is unaware of the lengths to which man will go for a cash prize. Or there may […]

Bad Words

Directed by Jason Bateman Written by Andrew Dodge Produced by Mr. Bateman, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta Released by Focus Features USA. 89 min. Rated R With Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall & Allison Janney In a film filled to the tipping point with a whirlwind of […]

Better Living Through Chemistry

Written and Directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier Produced by Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films. USA. 91 min Not rated With Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta, Harrison Holzer & Jane Fonda Better Living Through Chemistry has wonderful opening credits: […]

Love & Air Sex

Directed by Bryan Poyser Produced by Megan Gilbride & Trace Sheehan Written by Steven Walters, David DeGrow Shotwell & Poyser, based on a story by Walters Released by Tribeca Film USA. 91 min. Not rated With Michael Stahl-David, Ashley Bell, Sara Paxton & Zach Cregger Though its title implies 90 minutes of raunchy, ball-busting mayhem, […]