Category: Movie Reviews

(Dentist Sees Dead People) – – Dr. Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a people hating dentist.  He relishes the time when he can stuff cotton in the patients mouth so he does not have to listen to them. He is mean, arrogant, and lonely. Taking a day off from work, he goes to the hospital for…

(Writers Block & Bad Guys) – – Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) needs to finish his latest book in 30 days or the thugs who lent him gambling money will kill him. While pressuring Alex, the thugs burned his laptop computer. With no money and no computer, Alex hires a stenographer, Emma Dinsmore (Kate Hudson) to…

(Quirky Writer Searches for Inspiration) – – Richard Dunn (Jeff Daniels) has written one less-than-stellar book and has a three month deadline to finish his second. Problem is….he can’t even write the first sentence. He and his wife, Claire (Lisa Kudrow), rent a small cottage in Montauk on Long Island (almost home sweet home for…

(Older Actor Facing Insanity) – – Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) played superhero “Birdman” for three movies. He turned down a forth movie and has since lived his life in relative obscurity (hmmm, think real life: Batman and Keaton). Trying to revive his career, Riggan writes, directs, stars in, and funds a play on Broadway. The…

(Accidental Arrested Aging) – – Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) was leading a perfectly normal life when a car accident started a string of unlikely events that stopped her from aging. From that moment on, Adaline would forever remain 28 years old. As the years rolled by, Adaline’s daughter, Flemming (Ellen Burstyn), became a senior citizen…

(Limo Driver’s Wild Night) – – Stretch (Patrick Wilson) has spent the year since being dumped by his beautiful girlfriend doing drugs, gambling, and otherwise screwing himself up. Now driving a stretch limo, his life is not much better as the limo company is in danger being put out of business by another, more aggressive,…