Directed by: John Hillcoat (The Road) The Cast: Shia LaBeouf (Transformer Films), Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), Jason Clarke (Texas Killing Fields), Guy Pearce (Prometheus), Jessica Chastain (Texas Killing Fields), Mia Wasikowska (Albert Nobbs), Dane DeHaan (Chronicle), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) This much anticipated film arrives about as … [Read more...] about Lawless
Robot & Frank
Directed by: Jake Schreier Cast: Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Susan Sarandon (Jeff, Who lives At Home), James Marsden (Straw Dogs), Liv Tyler (The Ledge), Rachael Ma (A Novel Romance) I first became aware of actor Frank Langella in 1979 when he reprized his brilliant and steamy Broadway performance of DRACULA on screen. It was certainly not the best Dracula film around, but … [Read more...] about Robot & Frank
Ruby Sparks
Reviewed by Alyn Darnay Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) Written by Zoe Kazan Starring: Paul Dano (Cowboys & Aliens), Zoe Kazan(It’s Complicated), Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould I’m going to ask you to use your imagination here for one minute. I want you to pretend you’re a writer, who by a … [Read more...] about Ruby Sparks
The Watch
One lame film . . . two reviews Alyn Darnay's review: I came, I saw, I laughed, and then I forgot it. That’s how you have to tackle Ben Stiller’s newest film “The Watch”. You go for the few Big Laughs, chuckle at the smaller ones, and forget about the superficial plot. This one is far from Stiller’s best, certainly not in the league of the Museum Films. Really the true … [Read more...] about The Watch
Rock of Ages
Review by Alyn Darnay Directed by: Adam Shankman Written by: Chris D’Arienzo Cast: Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Cathrine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin. If you like musical films; you should see this movie. If you like 80’s music, you need to see this film. If you like seeing Tom Cruise being outrageous, you need to see this … [Read more...] about Rock of Ages