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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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, […]
Directed by Martin Scorsese Produced by Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Joey McFarland Written by Terence Winter, from the book by Jordan Belfort Released by Paramount Pictures USA. 179 min. Rated R (and how!) With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Rob Reiner, Jon Favreau, Spike Jonze, Kyle Chandler, Jon Bernthal, […]
Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen Produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Released by CBS Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham, Stark Sands, Adam Driver, Jeanine Serralles, Max Casella, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Jerry Grayson & […]
Directed by Alexander Payne Produced by Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa Written by Bob Nelson Released by Paramount Vantage USA 115 min. Rated R With Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk & Stacy Keach Alexander Payne has built a unique career exploring life’s comedy and tragedy through indelible three-dimensional everymen and women. Following […]
Directed By Phil Morrison Produced by Touchy Feely Films, GreeneStreet Films & Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Written By Melissa James Gibson Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 107 min, Rated R With Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker & Tatyana Richaudf All Is Bright, director Phil Morrison’s second feature, is a long awaited follow […]
Written & Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt Produced by Ram Bergman Released by Relativity USA. 90 min. Rated R With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Rob Brown, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson & Jeremy Luke If MTV’s The Jersey Shore was remade into a feature-length film and given a darkly humorous treatment, you’d have […]