Category: Mindless Mondays

This movie desperately wants to be the next Little Miss Sunshine but I really don’t think it is. It’s set during the summer vacation of a very lonely and introverted kid——and it is a testament to this kid’s lack of charisma or presence that I honestly cannot remember his name or the actor who played…

Sofia Coppolla’s detached yet intriguing movie based on a real-life ring of kids who broke into celebrity homes and stole expensive crap from them that they didn’t even know was missing. What Works: There’s something audacious about watching shallow young thieves break into the homes of shallow young celebrities and steal items of such conspicuous…

The ending to Richard Linklater’s excellent indie trilogy also happens to be the most realistically romantic movie I’ve seen in years. What Works: 18 years ago, Ethan Hawke’s Jesse met Julie Delpy’s Celeste on a train in Before Sunrise and the two twentysomethings talked, felt a deep connection, and made love. 9 years ago, the…

Since this weekend only saw the release of R.I.P.D. and Reds 2 (neither of which I think people are exactly clamoring for a review of) I decided to focus on some smaller indies I watched a couple weeks ago but haven’t gotten around to reviewing… Note: This is Shane Carruth’s follow-up to the huge cult…

This is Kristen Wiig’s big follow-up to Bridesmaids (the fluke runaway hit that critics loved beyond reason) and it’s a flop. I actually didn’t hate the movie, but plenty of critics did. It has an abysmal 15 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (for an indie film, that’s as rough as it gets) and I know it won’t…

I think the original Despicable Me was only so-so but I would say that it is more of a B movie and this one is closer to a C+ if that gives you some sense of scale. What Works: Ummm…well, if you had a good time with the first one you’ll probably only check your…

This is a sequel to (arguably) the worst Adam Sandler comedy ever, had a trailer that seemed to be even less promising, and is my pick for the least anticipated movie of the summer. To say I was going into this one with high hopes would have Pinocchio calling me a lying sack of shit….