Rainn Wilson brings his particular brand of prissy, tightly focused outrage to the large screen in THE ROCKER, an uneven film with moments of wacky physical humor that mostly work, obvious lobs at the music industry done fairly well, and a soundtrack that is to die for. The effort may veer off the rails into… Read More »
GOING THE DISTANCE
A solid underpinning of the reality of these economic times makes GOING THE DISTANCE more than just another rom-com. A pair of charismatic leads in Drew Barrymore and Justin Long invest the career-stymied lovers with real chemistry as well as a real depth of feeling that becomes more that just physical attraction. Though there is… Read More »
ANCHORMAN
ANCHORMAN is a film without a reason to exist. Sure, there are one or two moments that are genuinely funny, but when co-star Steve Carell steals the film out from under the higher-billed Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, and star Will Ferrell, you know that theres a problem. Its a badly paced, unevenly written and ill-advised… Read More »