‘Bernie’ is brilliant
Theres a rich old widow in Carthage a small town in Texas and theres nothing Bernie Tiede mortician loves than being nice to old widows. Until he meets Marjorie Nugent
Month: April 2012
‘The Five-Year Engagement’ desperately needs more laughs
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are a couple who are in love but cant seem to get to the altar.
‘Safe’ treads familiar action ground… but has a few good punches
A washed-up cage fighter is at the end of the line when he sees a 12 year old girl who needs his help. She saves him so he returns the favor. Violently.
‘Think Like a Man’ is a winner
Four single guys find themselves fighting the war between the sexes with their women getting the upper hand thanks to a book by Steve Harvey
‘The Lucky One’ was lucky to have Zac Efron
Yet another adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel with the familiar formula of an unlikely couple coming together through unusual circumstance
‘The Three Stooges’ is laugh out loud funny
Brilliant for decades in shorts the Stooges disappeared for the most part in the mid 1970s. Now theyre back on the big screen and the old bits are as effective as ever.
‘Snow White: A Deadly Summer’ is a bad apple
A DTV Snow White thats nowhere near being the fairest of them all.
‘Monsieur Lazhar’ is a lesson worth learning
The class needed a new teacher. Monsieur Lahzar needed to be needed. It was an almost perfect match. Almost
‘Lockout’ will have you wanting to escape
A maximum security prison kept seperate from the rest of the nation. The Presidents daughter in jeopardy. Only one man can save her. Sound familiar It should.
‘Damsels in Distress’ is a welcome return of the terrific Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman returns after a prolonged absence with a character study of life at an unusual university