Sundance – Homework

Homework is a disappointingly bland, coming-of-age tale about malcontent teenagers, placed in an world so ridiculous, the film simply begs not to be taken seriously.  Sundance should be ashamed of bringing this film into a year where the lineup is particularly strong.  And director Gavin Wiesen should have skipped the independent film step all together and gone immediately to direct Sandra Bullock films where he’ll consistently make plenty... Read More

Lymelife

Lymelife has a whole lot of big names attached to it. Martin Scorsese is given an executive producer credit. Both William and Alec Baldwin produced (Alec starred in the talented ensemble cast). Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton plays a downtrodden father who gets Lyme disease from a deer tick. Not to mention two Culkin brothers! It’s not really a surprise that the film is success.  It already won the International Critics’ Award... Read More