Zach Braff’s Kickstarter Funded ‘Wish I Was Here’ Releases New Trailer

Remember all of the fuss that was made when Zach Braff (“Scrubs,” Garden State) used Kickstarter to fund a movie project?  I’ll bet you do.  Many people cried out that is was unfair for a “celebrity” with access to money in the “Industry” to use a medium such as Kickstarter, notorious for being the method […]

Buddy Cop Life Looks Good In ’21 Jump Street’

Synopsis: In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for […]

‘Official Secrets’ Is As Tense As A Movie About Whistleblowers Can Be

Official Secrets Review Writer/director Gavin Hood tells the true story of whistleblower Katharine Gun in ‘Official Secrets.’ Release Date: September 13, 2019 MPAA Rating: R Synopsis The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the […]

AFI FEST 2012 Film Review: Laurence Anyways (Dir. Xavier Dolan Canada/France 2012)

Xavier Dolan stretches out with his third feature, not just in budget and length, but in matching his emotionally high-pitched material with an equally bravura style, and in tackling a subject less frequently seen on screen even than the tortured mother-son relationship of his début éclatant, I Killed My Mother [2009], or the MMF love […]

‘My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea’ – Corny As Hell, But You’ll Like It

Synopsis: An earthquake causes a high school to float into the sea, where it slowly sinks like a shipwreck. Release Date: April 28, 2017     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Animation, Comedy Film Review Production As a writer and illustrator, Dash Shaw has had several successful graphic novels. Now, following in the footsteps of Daniel Clowes and […]