The Kings of Summer is a frankly delightful film, full of hilarious one liners, a strong emotional cord wrapped around a coming of age story, and awesome characters. It tells the story of Joe, a sarcastic high school freshman with a chip on his shoulder almost as big as his imagination, who convinces his overly-coddled […]
AKA “Oh Crap, I’ve Finished Arrested Development… and It’s The Summer” Hey guys, remember how excited you were when you found out that just as your current favorite TV comedies were sliding off for summer break* your classic favorite TV comedy would be coming to an internet near you? Suddenly, our warm-weather-induced comedy famine was over! […]
This Is The End is one of the most self-indulgent films of all time. People like to criticize Adam Sandler for essentially making movies that allow him to hang out with the people he likes in a beautiful location for the weekend. Well, This Is The End kind of double downs on that, allowing a […]
Note from the Editor: Two of our My Cinema staffers saw Man of Steel this weekend and they couldn’t disagree more on whether or not it was actually good. So, in keeping with our grand tradition of writer debates, we’re publishing both perspectives. You have to give Snyder credit for trying. When The Amazing Spiderman […]
Now You See Me is probably not a movie that greatly benefits from repeated viewings, but it is one hell of a fun time. Like Ocean’s 11 with a bit of a Shyamalan twist (from before that became an insult), the movie mostly coasts by on a summer blast of cool carried on the shoulders […]
This is the story of a family who’s future was abruptly cancelled, and the one reviewer who had no choice but to marathon 15 episodes of television to talk about it. For those of us initiated, either during the series’ original run or in the seven (7!) subsequent years, Arrested Development is a special beast. […]
I’m sorry to do this guys. I really tried not to care. After the first installment saw exactly one major female character, and she was constantly clad in a miniskirt, I really did try. I loved the movie so much. It was moving and beautiful and geeky and cool and fun. But it bummed me […]
In many ways, Baz Luhrman was the perfect director to adapt The Great Gatsby. He really gets the idea of spectacle that covers up inner emotional turmoil (hell, that was pretty much the point of Moulin Rouge). And The Great Gatsby is all about the way the excess of the roaring 20s belied an inner […]