It’s Kind of a Funny Story

And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re going through. – from Changes by David Bowie, as quoted in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club Craig (Keir Gilchrist) can’t quite articulate why he feels he might be suicidal—not outwardly, [...]

Dinner For Shmucks

Paul Rudd plays Tim, an analyst at an ailing financial services firm.  To survive, they need to woo an eccentric Swiss heir, Müeller (David Walliams doing Val Kilmer’s best Eurotrash impression from The Saint), in order to stay afloat.  Tim’s girlfriend, Julie (Stephanie Szostak), appears to be taking interest in yet another European eccentric, shock [...]

Youth in Revolt

On the surface, Youth in Revolt seems to be the perfect hipster coming of age movie; with it’s obscure pop songs, absurdist fantasy sequences, and Michael Cera. However, the original novel possesses substance lost in the movie adaptation. Having read the 499 page book (which took me many hours of unrelenting focus and determination, due [...]

YOUTH IN REVOLT Red-band Trailer Is Here (NSFW)

Youth In Revolt Red Band Trailer – watch more funny videos   From Dimension Films: YOUTH IN REVOLT is a coming-of-age comedy that puts a fresh and outrageous stamp on a tale of adolescent obsession and rebellion. Starring Michael Cera (also of the Oscar® winning film, Juno, and Superbad) and based on the acclaimed novel [...]

Up In The Air

“I feel like the people I worked with were my family and that I died,” says one of countless employees laid off by Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) of Career Transition Counseling, an intermediary hired to administer employee layoffs on behalf of corporate cowards. The nomadic Mr. Bingham lives in his carry-on—with rollers, very important; on [...]