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Movie Review: “Bernard and Doris”
Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) is the heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune, and is quite the spoiled bitch. After firing her latest butler because her breakfast melon was too cold, she, luckily, hired Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes). The two struck up a friendship that would last for the rest of Doris’s life. “Bernard and Doris”…
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“The Great Gilly Hopkins” Movie Review
Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nelisse) is on her last chance foster home. If she messes this up, the social services department will find alternative living arrangements for the difficult Gilly. Maime Trotter (Kathy Bates) is a foster home veteran who knows the ropes and is very good at taking care of difficult cases such as Gilly…
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“Rough Night” Movie Review
Jess (Scarlett Johansson) and Peter (Paul W. Downs) are about to get married. But, before they do, their friends want to throw them one last really great party. The women (Jess, Alice (Jillian Bell), Blair (Zoe Kravitz), Frankie (Ilana Glazer), and Pippa (Kate McKinnon)) head down to Miami for a weekend of debauchery (sex, booze,…
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“Office Christmas Party” Movie Review
Clay Vanstone (T.J. Miller) inherited a branch office of Zenotek when his father, the company founder, passed away. Jealous of how much time dear old dad spent with her brother, new Zenotek CEO Carol Vanstone (Jennifer Aniston), is hell bent on closing down Clay’s branch office even though it is making money. Knowing that the…
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“The Nanny Diaries” Movie Review
“Captain America” and “Black Widow” hook up! 🙂 Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson) just graduated with a degree in Anthropology, but, she does not have a clue about what she wants to do with her life, or who she is. Walking in the park one day, she decides she will be a Central Park Bag Lady. …
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“A Bad Moms Christmas” Movie Review
“Oh my fucking God” Amy (Mila Kunis) just wants a quiet Christmas, but, a visit by her perfectionist mom, Ruth (Christine Baranski) upsets those plans. Drama follows. Kiki (Kristen Bell) just wants a nice Christmas at home with her husband and 4 kids. But her helicopter mom, Sandy (Cheryl Hines), creepily inserts herself in Kiki’s…
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“The Ex” Movie Review
Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) has a hard time holding onto a job. When he or a fellow employee is treated unjustly, Tom emphatically states his opinions on the matter and he, invariably, finds himself on the street. Unemployed. Married to Sofia Kowalski (Amanda Peet), a successful lawyer, the two decide to have a baby since…
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Movie Review: “RV”
Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is planning to take his family to Hawaii for vacation. Unfortunately, stuff happens at work that forces him to cancel Hawaii and, instead, plan a vacation (with a secret agenda to attend an important work meeting) to Colorado in an R.V. In the R.V. and travelling across country, the Munro’s meet…
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“The Do-Over” Movie Review
Charlie (David Spade) is at a class reunion watching his attractive wife dirty dance with her ex when old friend, Max (Adam Sandler) chats him up and, for awhile, makes him forget this miserable reunion. We learn that Charlie is stuck in a non-loving, boring, existence. He still drives his old Gremlin, is the bank…