Written & Directed by: Jon Favreau Cast: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, Oliver Platt, and Emjay Anthony I love to cook, and I’m actually quite good at it. Most of my friends love to cook as well. Some are incredibly gifted chefs. You could call it a grand passion, because if you’re doing it right, brilliantly that is, … [Read more...] about Chef
Romance
That Awkward Moment
So . . ? Swift shot: In every relationship these days there is that awkward so, so what are we doing here? So, are we going anywhere with this? So, what do I tell my friends? . . . And so on. That Awkward Moment is really just that, a series of awkward moments strewn loosely together to form a patchwork of a romantic comedy. There isn’t anything spectacular … [Read more...] about That Awkward Moment
Before Midnight
"To passing through..." The H-Bomb: In 1995, versatile indie filmmaker Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly) brought us Before Sunrise, a charming romantic comedy-drama about 23-year-old American, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) who meets young French woman, Celine (Julie Delpy), on a train to Vienna. They end up getting off the train together, and … [Read more...] about Before Midnight
Sunlight Jr.
Swift shot: I really, really wanted this film to just end. I am not sure where to begin with why it was so unpleasant. Naomi Watts is getting blasted by other critics for her accent in Diana, and in Sunlight Jr., I really can't say what she was going for as a convenience store clerk who is trapped in a circle of her own selfishness. I didn't like her character, and as … [Read more...] about Sunlight Jr.
About Time
Written & Directed by: Richard Curtis Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie The secret to making a great film is to endow it with great characters that are slightly strange, intensely interesting, somewhat silly, and immediately recognizable as people we have met or know probably exist. Then you mix those characters with a … [Read more...] about About Time
