The Salt of Life, like Gianni Di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch (a far superior film), is the sort of low-key whimsy that encourages critics to dish out praise like “charming”, “life-affirming” etc.
Any love story about pained longing at a train station will inevitably draw comparisons to classic David Lean/Noel Coward romance, Brief Encounter.
Back in the mid noughties, you couldn’t move for marching and dancing penguins, so there’s something vaguely out-of-date about this Jim Carrey kids book adaptation.
Movies & More reviewer John Gillispie thinks DVDs of the “Perry Mason” TV series would make a great gift for the mystery and courtroom drama fan.
Harry Potter’s film incarnation can now settle where he belongs – the pre-Christmas shopping melee.
In “Super 8,” J.J. Abrams’ love letter to the Steven Spielberg films that inspired him as a kid, a chubby would-be director named Charles (Riley Griffiths) keeps running around his small Ohio hometown, framing its cul-de-sacs and tract homes with his hands and calling for “more production value.”
One of this year’s most gripping films, A Separation is a courtroom drama, Iranian style.
And here’s yet another woeful comedy about America’s working wounded. This time around, three stiffs or “spineless losers” – played by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis – plot to kill their vile bosses: a nymphomaniac dentist (Jennifer Aniston), a sadist (Kevin Spacey) and a sleazeball (Colin Farrell).