The Sam Rockwell-led satire tells the story of a Biblical archaeologist on the hunt for new artifacts. The bizarre comedy from Jared and Jerusha Hess has a tone similar to their 2004 megahit Napolean Dynamite, with the satirical humor geared towards a niche audience. (BKP: 3.5/5) Review by Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky The film… Continue reading DON VERDEAN
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SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY
Originally titled Squirrels to the Nuts – which would have been more fitting – Director Peter Bogdanovich and co-writer Louise Stratten make their screwball comedy comeback in She’s Funny That Way. Led by Owen Wilson and British beauty Imogen Poots, the film tells a slightly entertaining, slightly humdrum tale of a romantically entangled web of… Continue reading SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY
RUN & JUMP
“Vanetia” (Maxine Peake) is an Irish woman with 2 young children. Her husband “Conor” (Edward MacLiam) has been disabled by a premature stroke & she is beginning to fray. Into this mix comes an American neuropsychologist (Will Forte), not to help her but to “observe” Conor after he has moved from the rehab facility &… Continue reading RUN & JUMP