Tag: Jason Bateman

Air | Review

Sole Surfer: Affleck Revisits Impetus of Landmark Shoe Line It’s difficult to ascertain where Ben Affleck’s storytelling interests lie even as he’s slowly but surely...

Who you Gonna Call? Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk to Co-Direct “Hell of a Summer”

After acting in Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut (When You Finish Saving the World), Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk will do the some of the...

Thunder Force | Review

May the Force Dismiss You: Falcone & McCarthy Amuse Themselves in Latest Improv Heavy Exercise Comedy is harder than it looks, especially if one is...

The Family Fang | Review

Sucked Dry: Bateman’s Portrait of Idiosyncratic Family Fails to Resonate Actor Jason Bateman makes his sophomore directorial outing with the high profile The Family Fang,...

The Gift | Blu-ray Review

One of the best surprises of 2015 thus far has been Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut, The Gift. The increasingly prolific actor somehow managed to...

The Gift | Review

Keep on Giving: Edgerton’s Debut a Surprisingly Adept Thriller Actor Joel Edgerton makes his feature directorial debut with The Gift, an intelligent, enjoyably entertaining thriller...

This is Where I Leave You | Review

This is Where I Judge You: In the Great Well of Family Drama, Levy Is Dry Based on the acclaimed novel by Jonathan Tropper, who...

The Longest Week | Review

Arrested Development: Glanz’s Debut an Affluent Vacuum For the most part, it’s an ingenious trick to fabricate an aura of empathy around a pool of...

Bad Words | Review

Scatological Prowess: Bateman’s Directorial Debut an Amusing Vulgarity Fans of fare like Bad Santa and Bad Teacher should rejoice in Bad Words, foul-mouthed fodder involving...

TIFF’s Phat 2013 Line-up Includes Latest From: Chomet, Egoyan, Holofcener, Glazer, Gordon Green & Reichardt

With dramatic fare such as August: Osage County, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Dallas Buyers Club, 2013's Toronto Int. Film Festival once again...

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