Steve Carell

Irresistible Review: Not Pointless, but Dulled

If ever there was a time we needed Jon Stewart’s biting political commentary, it is now. The funny man turned filmmaker turns his attention to the absurdity of US elections in his second time in the director’s chair with Irresistible, though his teeth are not as sharp as they used to be.  The film’s opening […]

Café Society Review

As shadows continue to be cast on Woody Allen's personal life, his movies have gone from intellectual badges to guilty pleasures, and there's lots of pleasure to be had in Café Society.

The Big Short Blu-ray Review

Last year's surprise award contender The Big Short comes to Blu-ray this week with some nice extras giving insight into this odd film that found comedy in tragedy.

The Big Short Review

The Big Short finds the absurd in the collapse of America's economy and delivers insight through comedy.

Minions Blu-ray Review

Minions hits Blu-ray today, here's a helpful review in case you were wondering whether or not make room on your Dork Shelf for this animated kids comedy with some genuine laugh out loud moments.

Foxcatcher Review

Certain to get noticed for its trio of electrifying leading performances, Foxcatcher is an unnerving and stylish true life tragedy, but something is still off.

TIFF 2014: Foxcatcher Review

Foxcatcher Gala Certain to get noticed for its trio of electrifying leading performances, this unnerving and stylish true life tragedy still feels a bit off thanks to director Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote) overcompensating where he doesn’t need to. Olympic gold medal wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) has just come back from the 1984 Olympics and […]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Review

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is to Anchorman what Ghostbusters 2 was to Ghostbusters. It’s an inferior, but lighthearted and often very funny retread of ground that had been previously covered much better in the original. Sure, it’s often hilarious (in the first half, anyway) and the cast jumps back into their roles quite nicely, but is it a good movie? Nope.