Alonso, Ben and I all loved “Blue Caprice” and were blown away by Isaiah Washington’s chilling performance as the mastermind of the 2002 Beltway sniper shootings....
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Studio 11 LA — Rush, Prisoners, Enough Said
Lauren Sivan and I talk the weekend’s new movies — including a poignant final performance from the late, great James Gandolfini — on Studio 11 LA. Watch the video here...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The Family
Alonso, Ben and I liked this mob comedy better than a lot of other critics did. Great cast, dark humor, clever violence....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Insidious: Chapter 2
I must admit I missed this sequel because it screened the same night we went to see the Pixies at the El Rey (which would you rather do?). But I liked the first film, and Alonso and Ben’s review of part two makes it sound worthwhile....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Short Term 12
We all went a little nuts for the great indie drama “Short Term 12,” featuring a long-overdue lead performance from the versatile Brie Larson....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Salinger
The What the Flick?! crew tries not to be phony in our review of the documentary “Salinger.”...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — One Direction: This Is Us
They’re just five regular lads having the time of their lives — or so the members of One Direction keep telling us over and over again in Morgan Spurlock’s glossy, superficially entertaining documentary....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Getaway
Ethan Hawke stars as a washed-up racecar driver and Selena Gomez plays the world’s most brilliant teenage hacker in this nutty, nonsensical, late-summer action extravaganza....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Closed Circuit
Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall star in this solid but thoroughly forgettable British legal thriller....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Drinking Buddies
Matt, Alonso and I all loved the smart dialogue, crackling chemistry and naturalistic settings of director Joe Swanberg’s latest indie....
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