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The King of Staten Island Directed by Judd ApatowWritten by Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson, Dave Sirus The review: It was hard for me to separate Pete Davidson the person, from Scott Carlin, the [...]

The Hustle Directed by Chris AddisonWritten by Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, Jac Shaeffer(One questions how much funnier this film about female con artists would have been had any [...]

Down Terrace Directed by Ben WheatleyWritten by Ben Wheatley, Robin Hill The review: The blurbs told me this was a dark comedy and a comedic British version of the Sopranos and at the beginning, [...]

Kanopy. Quality films for free. Because they are free, I take chances on Kanopy films. As the Recommended/Good/Skip split indicates, this does not always pay off. But that shouldn’t [...]

A Quiet Passion Directed by Terence DaviesWritten by Terence Davies The review: Oh my god, there’s quiet, and then there’s glacial and uninteresting.* There is passion and then there’s randomly [...]

Plus One Directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew RhymerWritten by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer The review: I need to like the couple at the center of a rom-com, and though I found Maya Erskine* [...]

Peeples Directed by Tina GordonWritten by Tina Gordon The review: Meet-the-parents-style films are not my favorite,* but this entry provides ample opportunity to show off Craig Robinson’s many [...]

Joy Ride Directed by John DahlWritten by Clay Tarver, J.J. Abrams The review: I greatly enjoy both Paul Walker and Steve Zahn, so your mileage may vary* with this ridiculous thriller involving a [...]