Reviews of films directed by Peyton Reed, Lizzie Gottlieb, and Greg Mottola Continue reading Then Playing — Down with Love; Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb; The Daytrippers
Confess, Fletch (Greg Mottola, 2022). Jon Hamm fought hard to get Confess, Fletch made at time when the showbiz ecosystem is especially inhospitable to genially loose movies that rely on charm rather than aggressive cymbal crashes of familiarity with established … Continue reading Then Playing — Confess, Fletch; Montana Story; See How They Run
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill have been nominated for the same number of Academy Awards. Stone’s win obviously gives her the edge in any tallying up of awards acclaim, but it remains an odd alignment given that any reasonable assessment … Continue reading From the Archive — Superbad
Paul is a road movie, indulging on the tried and true methodology of making the journey taken by characters into something very literal. Two friends played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are living out one of their longtime dreams … Continue reading It’s been rough and rocky travelin’ but I’m finally standin’ upright on the ground
Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009). Clearly Greg Mottola decided the Superbad path was the one to follow. He edges ahead a few years, focusing on college-aged youth who are all spun around by their romantic anguish and general horniness. Noticeably autobiographical in nature, the film is set in the late nineteen-eighties and features Jesse Eisenberg as a bright young man whose plans for graduate school are derailed causing him to seek summer work at the crummy amusement park in his hometown. It’s amusing enough, but also shaggy to the point of being aimless. Nothing sticks beyond the suspicion that Kristen Stewart … Continue reading Cassavetes, Dick, Donaldson, Frankel, Mottola
Coffee for Two 