While the new horror film Relic, starring Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote, is ostensibly about a haunted house, there is much more going on within the film’s ninety-minute running time that make the film from Natalie Erika James easily one of the better offerings in the genre in recent memory. When elderly widow Edna (Robyn Nevin) inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and gra...[Read More]
It’s good to be Paul Rudd these days. He is well-liked and gets to be in a fun late-summer release – Our Idiot Brother – with fellow actors who are likely his friends, but this time he is completely carrying the movie. Those of us who’ve liked him since Clueless are glad to see he continues to show his charm on screen, but many may long for a deeper vehicle for his talent. In Our Idiot Brother he ...[Read More]
To be honest, I was never really much of a fan of the first Cars film. It felt like a letdown when compared to the other films Pixar had produced. To date, it is probably my least favorite of the Pixar films. Having said that, even the worst Pixar film is better than most animated (or live action) films being produced and I have come to have a certain affinity for John Lasseter’s ode to the bygone...[Read More]