Blue Jay
By Caroline Ely October 13, 2016
Gen X has officially arrived at movie middle age, with all the loss, regret, and reckoning that entails.
Gen X has officially arrived at movie middle age, with all the loss, regret, and reckoning that entails.
Nick Kroll stars as a mid-30s slacker who acts as his blind brother’s Seeing Eye dog and sports trainer, rolled up in one resentful package.
It might take the discrepancy of a former boy wizard shaving his head to pique your interest, but you should have a lot to mull over when the credits roll.
Following the sudden suicide of his fiancée, Josh (Thomas Middleditch) listlessly decides to go on with his bachelor’s party.
Even after nearly half a century, the filth of Multiple Maniacs still holds up. While it is so low budget and amateurish, the film’s flaws are actually the best part of the viewing experience.
An engrossing drama and character study that looks at the financial world from a distinctly female point of view.
For his latest, Woody Allen delivers a broad pastiche of the 1930s and a fairly affectionate portrait of Hollywood.
At 98 minutes, this entertaining and quietly ambitious film never wears out its welcome and stays true to its small-scale intentions.