The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Two films into the series, it is pretty much official: Despite the addition of the word Amazing to the series title, Mark Webb’s filmed take on the webbed wall-crawler is lagging well behind Sam Raimi’s greatly superior Spider-Man series of the last decade. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is not so much bad – in fact, it … Continue reading
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, C. Thomas Howell, Jake Ryan Keiffer, Chris Zylka, Kari Coleman, Michael Barra, Leif Gantvoort, Andy Pessoa, Hannah Marks, Kelsey Chow, Jill Flint, Annie Parisse and Stan Lee. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Alvin … Continue reading
THE HELP (2011) Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O’Reilly, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Mary Steenburgen, Anna Camp, Aunjanue Ellis, Ted Welch, David Oyelowo, Brian Kerwin, Wes Chatham, Shane McRae, Ashley Johnson, Emma Henry, Eleanor Henry, Dana Ivey and Leslie Jordan. Screenplay … Continue reading
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (2011) Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, John Carroll Lynch, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Jonah Bobo, Analeigh Tipton, Josh Groban, Liza Lapira, Joey King, Beth Littleford, Mekia Cox, Julianna Guill, Zayne Emory, Crystal Reed and Reggie Lee. Screenplay by Dan Fogelman. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Distributed … Continue reading
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (2011) Starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, Jenna Elfman, Nolan Gould, Woody Harrelson, Bryan Greenberg, Emma Stone, Andy Samberg, Masi Oka, Shaun White, Jason Segel and Rashida Jones. Screenplay by Keith Merryman, David A. Newman and Will Gluck. Directed by Will Gluck. Distributed by Screen Gems. 104 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
PAPER MAN (2010) Starring Jeff Daniels, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow, Kieran Culkin, Hunter Parrish, Arabella Field and Chris Parnell. Screenplay by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Directed by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Distributed by Artfire Films. 110 minutes. Rated R. Even before the closing credit which says this film was made with … Continue reading
EASY A (2010) Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, Stanley Tucci and Fred Armisen. Screenplay by Bert V. Royal. Directed by Will Gluck. Distributed by Screen Gems. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Emma Stone has done her hard time in … Continue reading
Jesse Eisenberg Becomes an Action Figure in Zombieland by Brad Balfour For 26-year-old actor Jesse Eisenberg –who was awarded lots of attention for his troubled teenager in The Squid and the Whale – becoming a zombie-killing machine offers a curious shift in gears. Interspersed with his first-person voiceover as the wussy Columbus, Zombieland spotlights two survivors who forge an … Continue reading
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (2009) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster, Anne Archer, Emma Stone, Noureen DeWulf, Olga Maliouk and Daniel Sunjata. Screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore. Directed by Mark Waters. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. I will preface this review by … Continue reading
Rainn Wilson Steps Out of The Office to Put On a Rock Face in The Rocker by Brad Balfour It’s an old story, as old as the Beatles. A rock combo starts out playing the clubs, building the band’s repertoire and following, and then, on the verge of signing the big deal, fires the most … Continue reading
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