Jason Bateman

In "Air," Ben Affleck takes a story of corporate victory and spins it into a funny, smart, well-acted and highly entertaining drama.

It wasn’t so long ago that hard R-rated comedies were coming out every week. The Hangover (2009) seemed to come out of nowhere and rejuvenate the genre to blockbuster heights. In the years following we got the likes of Bad Teacher (2011), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), This is the End (2013), two more incredibly unfunny Hangover sequels (2011/2013), and Horrible Bosses (2011). There were many more o...[Read More]

Disney appears to be getting more and more comfortable making films more like their Pixar counterparts. Zootopia, their most recent effort, is less Frozen-style musical flair and more Wreck-It Ralph, aimed at delivering humor and character with equal parts cynicism and heart. Does it work? For the most part, yes; visually stunning and funnier than you might think, the film is a joy to sit through ...[Read More]

In This Is Where I Leave You, amidst a tumultuous time in his own marriage, Judd Altman (Jason Bateman) finds himself surrounded by the family members he both loves and can barely tolerate. For seven days following the burial of Judd’s father, the Altman family — led by the perfectly meddlesome family matriarch, Hillary Altman or “Mommy” (Jane Fonda) — must sit Shiva (participate in a week-long mo...[Read More]

Jason Bateman has come a long way since the days of Little House on the Prairie and Silver Spoons. Now, with his new film Bad Words, Bateman adds another adjective to his long career – feature film director. While comedies don’t typically get the respect and accolades as other film genres, it’s extremely difficult to make people laugh. Mastering that is challenging in and of itself, an...[Read More]

The film Disconnect might serve well for anyone engaging in anything to do with the internet. You may want to educate yourself with this one as a precursor to participating in any on-line activity. I found it to be one of those experiences that both educates and scares the social networking fun right out of you. I will now think twice before opening attachments or chatting with people I don’t know...[Read More]

What happens when you take a few formulaic cinema tropes and add loads of blue humor? You get director David Dobkin’s latest film The Change-Up starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, and Olivia Wilde. Sure, you’ve seen the basic premise before in movies like Big, Freaky Friday, The Hot Chick, 13 Going on 30, and 17 Again (to name just a few), but The Change-Up is probably the most vulg...[Read More]