August

Before I went to see In a World…, I knew who Lake Bell was.  I certainly recognized her face from here and there.  I had nothing against her as an actress, but mostly I knew her as someone involved in projects I had absolutely no interest in seeing (What Happens in Vegas, It&#

It was over thirty years ago when Woody Allen himself made reference to fans who preferred his “earlier, funnier movies” (in 1980’s Stardust Memories, to be exact, and holy cow I can’t believe how long ago that movie came out).  There are a great many people o

If I had just been considering it based on the plot description, The Heat is probably not a movie I would have gone to see.  But director Paul Feig’s projects always have my attention.  (Mr. Feig is the creator of the brilliant Freaks and Geeks, and most recently he directed t