Rose Byrne

A failure that often shows the promise of a biting satire of the election process, but far too often finds itself lost in a morass of self-aware social critiques and overt political diatribes.

Despite sporting a pedigree of talented people involved in the project, the new comedy, Like a Boss, fails to deliver much of anything in the way of laughs, let alone any real entertainment value for your dollar. The film is consistently mired in a morass of overused comedic clichés and a lifeless plot that never gains the momentum it needs to carry the film from one flimsy comedy bit to the next....[Read More]

Neighbors was a huge hit back in the summer of 2014 as it raked in over $270 million worldwide against a $18 million budget. A sequel was greenlit almost immediately and Universal hired most of the first film’s talent to return. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, and Rose Bryne all star again in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, with Nick Stoller sitting in the director’s chair once more. Add in the talented Chlo...[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]

There are many irritations in our modern world. However, whether you live in a loft, home, condo, or even an actual cave there is nothing as dreaded as having bad neighbors. That is the basic premise of the new film Neighbors from director Nicholas Stoller (whose previous credits start strong but fall off rather quickly: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Get Him to The Greek (2010), and The Five-Y...[Read More]

Director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) is back to work thoroughly creeping out audiences everywhere once again in Insidious: Chapter 2, the follow up to his low-budget Insidious (2011). The original film was made for $1.5 million and made $100 million, making it one of the most profitable films of that year. You would probably assume that due to the overwhelming success of the first film, the sec...[Read More]

The X-Men franchise which, with the inclusion of X-Men: First Class, now boasts five films, started off well with Bryan Singer’s series-launching entries X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Then faltered, at least creatively as the box office didn’t seem to suffer, with the third film in the series, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and the franchise’s first spin-off, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Now, the...[Read More]

When watching the trailer for Bridesmaids, it’s easy to simply pigeon-hole it as a “female” Hangover. Sure, the two movies have very similar elements, but Bridesmaids is much more than a clone. It’s a rated-R gross-out comedy with heart that shows the audience that women can be just as crass, and funny, as the men. Given the talent involved with this film, there’s no way it wasn’t going to be good...[Read More]

Insidious is a truly terrifying cinema experience. Filled with disturbing images, Insidious takes the viewer for a chilling ride into a place known as the Further where a couple’s eldest son’s being is trapped after it travels out of his body leaving his physical being in a comatose state. Although it sounds pretty far-fetched, it actually works surprisingly well as a truly creepy horror movie. A ...[Read More]