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Up the Creek Without a Paycheck: The Company Men Paints a Moving, Nuanced Picture of Life After Layoffs

Ostriches with heads buried in the sand, or even moviegoers seeking diversionary entertainment stripped of all burdensome snags such as thought-provoking issues about the way we live now, be warned in advance: The Company Men is a timely, intelligently written, beautifully acted film of great sensitivity and wisdom about corporate downsizing that will make you Read More

Wild Thing, I Wish I Loved You

Where the Wild Things AreRunning time 100 minutes Written by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze Directed by Spike JonzeStarring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper

I’m the first to admit that I went into Where the Wild Things Are with perhaps too high expectations. I Read More

A Melting Pot of Mush

New York, I Love YouRunning time 110 minutes Written by Emmanuel Benbihy (concept) and Tristan Carné (premise), and various othersDirected by Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, Randall Balsmeyer    Starring Shia LeBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively, Julie Christie, Robin Wright Penn, Read More

Without a Hitch, Swank Married Life Puts Brosnan on McAdams’ Tail

MARRIED LIFE Running Time 90 minutes Written by Ira Sachs and Oren Moverman Directed by Ira Sachs Starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan

The masks we all wear to hide our true intentions in matters of the heart are cannily exposed in Ira Sachs’ compactly directed, superbly acted Married Life. Read More

Hugh and Drew Are Kinda Cute

Music and Lyrics is not a milestone in cinema history, but after the plethora of alleged comedies we’ve been getting lately, this feel-fine rom-com with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore is a perfect warm-hearted, heart-shaped antidote to the winter blahs. It is also the perfect date-flick valentine. The affable Mr. Grant, who is finally showing Read More