Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline get their geriatric freak on in “Last Vegas.” It isn’t nearly as painful as it sounds and it’s often quite funny....
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What the Flick?! — Free Birds
Free Birds is indeed a turkey. That’s right, I went there. Ben, Matt, Alonso and I carve into this flavorless animated comedy on What the Flick?!...
Read moreRevisiting Five Most — Texas Movies
So I just got back in town after visiting Dallas for my 20-year reunion at Southern Methodist University. I would have posted something over the weekend, but I was too busy cramming queso and Shiner Bock into my grill. Apologies for the absence. But being there reminded me of a...
Read moreMovies With Friends — Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Phil Johnston is not easily offended. The writer of “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Cedar Rapids,” who’s working with Sacha Baron Cohen on a spy comedy that’s in development, is a dear friend of ours from our days in Brooklyn over a decade ago. One of the many things we love...
Read moreCarrie
Sony Screen Gems Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content. Running time: 99 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four. Don’t call it a remake. Kimberly Peirce’s version of “Carrie” dubs itself as a “reimagining” of the high-school horror classic. Certainly, the director...
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Studio 11 LA — Gravity box office, Carrie, 12 Years a Slave
Lots to discuss with the lovely Lauren Sivan on Studio 11 LA, including the juggernaut that is “Gravity.” Also: “Carrie” and “12 Years a Slave.” Watch the video here...
Read moreOn Gravity, All Is Lost and the Allure of Solitude
Is “All Is Lost” “Gravity” on a boat, or is “Gravity” “All Is Lost” in space? The proximity of the release of these two films — which surely will rank among the year’s best — offers an intriguing juxtaposition. Where would you rather be stranded: floating in the middle of...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Kill Your Darlings
“Kill Your Darlings” plays like a sort of Muppet Babies version of the Beat Poets. The self-serious way these figures regard themselves—and the self-serious way the film regards them—is cringe-inducing, early and often. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Fifth Estate
For a movie about a larger-than-life personality who shook up the world with his brazenness—and since has had to seek political asylum because of it—”The Fifth Estate” feels unfortunately small and safe. My two-star review of the Julian Assange story for RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — 12 Years a Slave
Ben, Alonso and I have a wide range of opinions on Steve McQueen’s brutal but beautifully acted slavery tale. I expect I will be hearing it from some folks for not being completely in love with this movie....
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