[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In theaters only on November 19 I’m going to preface my review by just noting that I have had an undying love for Ghostbusters since I saw it on the big screen at Bannister Square in Kansas City, Mo. in 1984. I tolerated and accepted the weaker sequel and even […]
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Jason Reitman’s new film Labor Day came out this past week. Trey had the opportunity to sit down with Joyce Maynard, the author of the novel on which Reitman’s film is based. The conversation covers authorial perspective, the changes that come with adaptation, and even a little about the struggles of single parenting. The full […]
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It’s problems started with the novel, but Jason Reitman‘s adaptation of Labor Day is sheer wish fulfillment. It plays on the desire to be taken from our humdrum lives by a magical stranger, who solves our problems and makes us feel loved for the first time.
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Is the new hit-and-miss comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone a hard-edged satire of puffed-up egos and easily mocked magicians or is it a heartwarming comedy about a selfish man who is forced to wake up when he suddenly falls on hard times?
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The new dark comedy Young Adult is just plain nuts—it’s a high-wire act without a net.
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