The Spectacular Now
Rating: Shallene Woodley is as unforgettable here as she was in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants (2011), and she reminds everyone that the key to being 18 is not to lose focus.
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In a World…
Rating: Carol is a striver who won’t be dismissed because she’s “only a girl”. What’s the next chauvinist’s nightmare, Hillary Rodham Clinton for President?
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Rating: How can we criticize anyone in the world with our brutal history of racial prejudice in our own country?
We’re the Millers
Rating: I took Thamer, my 21-year old Saudi exchange student, along with me, and he laughed throughout the film. When in doubt, young men make wonderful spare tires.
Blue Jasmine
Rating: Blue Jasmine is a film that treats human depression as an attribute. While there is no one you will like, did I say there are some spectacular performances?
Blackfish
Rating: Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s effort is more than a film, it is a public service. It will have you crying with righteous indignation.
Elysium
Rating: Elysium takes us to a future that everyone should see, not the least of whom are conservative Republicans. Do they dare see where we’re heading?
The To Do List
Rating: If I was a college president, I would require all incoming girls to see this film before beginning their freshman year.
2 Guns
Rating: Sooner or later, Hollywood has to learn that even Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg cannot turn artistic shit into cinematic Shinola.
