by Coeli Carr | Jul 12, 2013
Out of the mouths of babes takes on a whole new meaning in the Danish movie, The Hunt, in which a young girl falsely accuses a close family friend of sexually inappropriate behavior and sets off a punishing Saturnine reaction within a close-knit community. The Hunt,... 
by Coeli Carr | Jul 6, 2013
In Josh Boone’s Stuck in Love, award-winning novelist Bill Borgens (Greg Kinnear) still has profound feelings for Erica (Jennifer Connelly), his ex-wife, even setting a place for her, in absence, at the dinner table. Clearly Bill is living in the past. But as the... 
by Coeli Carr | Jul 3, 2013
In coming-of-age movies, there’s always a challenging ritual that propels a young person away from circumstances over which he has no control, to a life that he can better manage and even enjoy. In The Way Way Back, that symbolic moment which leads to a new order of... 
by Coeli Carr | Jul 3, 2013
Like many coming-of-age movies, The Way Way Back, written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, is about the necessity for Uranian upheaval. And the film’s young protagonist knows, from the depths of his being, that this fated summer his Life Must Change.... 
by Coeli Carr | Jun 28, 2013
They say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you already have. In Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, decorated Afghanistan war veteran John Cale (Channing Tatum) orchestrates a new-career move when he spontaneously takes on the mantle of a secret... 
by Coeli Carr | Jun 28, 2013
There’s nothing like the hint of a job promotion to fuel a worker’s desire to impress the boss. In Paul Feig’s female-buddy comedy The Heat, FBI agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) finds herself in exactly that situation. The maniacally professional and book-smart... 