http://www.grouchoreviews.com/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:36:22 GMT Film/DVD reviews, interviews and features. http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3235 /reviews/3235 In its PG way...a good family film that lays out ample inspiration and sufficient history to get to its destination in ‘express‘ fashion. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:52:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3231 /reviews/3231 Between flurries of schtick, Williams discusses his formative years, credits his acting teachers by name, and offers philosophical insights into the actor‘s craft. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:01:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3230 /reviews/3230 A modern cinematic classic...the alchemical reaction of a director and a charmed collaboration of actors, writers, and design artists... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:10:01 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3232 /reviews/3232 A shaggy dog of a movie that will appeal big-time to its young target audience...Juno meets After Hours. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:54:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3233 /reviews/3233 Unfortunately, the film’s editing creates a confusing chronology and awkward pace, but it’s easy to see why producers saw a satisfying audience experience in Kearns’ moral crusade. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:51:48 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3234 /reviews/3234 A film that stands the best chance of winning the hearts and minds of those who now embrace the gay ‘recovery‘ movement. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:11:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3062 /reviews/3062 Favreau fully respects the material, and brings to the table a highly developed sense of humor and…praise the heavens…taste. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:33:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3228 /reviews/3228 With its faithful rendering of a true inspirational story, Rudy earns its sentiment...an irresistable inspirational movie for all ages. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:46:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3229 /reviews/3229 A crowd-pleasing romantic comedy with enough complexity to set it ahead of the pack. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:54:06 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3227 /reviews/3227 It‘s easy to forget the idiosyncracies of a film that so successfully trades on adolescent male fantasies and nightmares. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:28:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3226 /reviews/3226 The annoyance of its Screenwriting 101 script is hard to overcome, but The Lucky Ones just about works in spite of itself, as an actor’s showcase. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:45:57 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3224 /reviews/3224 Incorporates Freudian psychodrama, twisted romance, and national satire while giving redemption the Heimlich maneuver. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:34:44 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3225 /reviews/3225 It’s too easy to hold the film’s at arm’s length and scoff at Sparks’ cynical repetition of psycho-romance clichés and meteorological metaphors. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:25:03 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3222 /reviews/3222 Not much distinguishes this determinedly average Hollywood outing, but it can claim Sydney Pollack‘s final performance and Patrick Dempsey‘s first big-screen starring role since his career second-wind... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:36:30 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3223 /reviews/3223 The most significant achievement in the last forty years of American cinema. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:46 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/702 /reviews/702 Affleck‘s lanky, offhand softness hardly suits the superheroic archetype... [but] The R-rated Director‘s Cut...deserves an extra half-star. Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/1570 /reviews/1570 Something borrowed, something bloody. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:54:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/2541 /reviews/2541 Corteo is classic Cirque du Soleil, a multilingual paegant of music, dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, and clowning...the ingenious production design run with highly refined coordination. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:26:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3219 /reviews/3219 The comic voice of Ricky Gervais comes through loud and clear, and Koepp‘s vision of a classical Hollywood comedy creates a confluence not only of great performers but of considerable wit and heart. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:09:10 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/2257 /reviews/2257 The Wachowski Brothers overshoot the mark with Speed Racer, an eccentric misfire that panders to the ADHD set and…in the adult arena…idiots and acid-droppers. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT Peter Canavese