Hot Tub Time Machine RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Comedy. Starring John Cusack and Rob Corddry. Directed by Steve Pink. (R. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Trying to write a review of "Hot Tub Time Machine," I face a major linguistic challenge: Most of...
Review: Tiny tensions unnerve in ‘Greenberg’
by Mick LaSalle March 25th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
Greenberg RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Comedy-drama. Starring Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig. Directed by Noah Baumbach. (R. 102 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Ben Stiller's haircut in "Greenberg" gives you his character. It's a little too long, but not long...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
by Cinema Blend Movie Previews March 25th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) tells the amazing story of one romantic slacker's quest to power up with love in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Chloe
by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews March 25th, 2010 | Movie Reviews| Starring: Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore Review: What happens when a jealous wife hires a hooker to make a play for her husband to see if he'll bite? See Chloe, Atom Egoyan's remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie, and find out. I didn't believe a word of it. But with Liam Neeson as David, the music prof caught between his doctor wife, Catherine (Julianne Moore), and Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), there's enough erotic steam generated to make you suspend disbelief. The hottest part of the film comes when Chloe's verbal reports of her
City Islandby Rolling Stone Movie Reviews March 25th, 2010 | Movie Reviews |