The Invention of Lying: This review does not lie

This movie filled me with hope. Yeah, HOPE! From a romantic comedy!...

The Invention of Lying and my return to RVANews

I'm back on RVANews! And back on Twitter! Except I never was on Twitter to begin with!...

Sunshine Cleaning: Learning about ourselves, pathogens, and each other.

Holley's put together a pretty standard, no-frills, "my life hasn't quite turned out like I'd like it to be," boutique flick. It's at times charming and at times distressing, like The Savages, only re...

In Bruges: We had a beautiful moment, Colin, don’t ruin it.

All my pals responded with enthusiastic yawns when I said I had In Bruges at home from Netflix, so I put it off for like a month. What a dumb month that was. What was I doing all that time, playing Ze...

Ghost Town: Why not?

Guys! I am so behind. I keep writing for other places and forgetting to post here because, well, it's October and things are happening. I found myself in New York (for those of you who have a map on ...

Tropic Thunder: A sweaty, dirty, ray of sunshine

I've been behind on posting things lately! Writing them but not posting! This is from like a month ago on RVAnews. But it is still filled with passion. I read a folk story once about this guy who was...

Pineapple Express: Fail

I don't feel like I oscillate too much in my opinion of movies. The five star (with half stars!) rating system works pretty well for me. I find that it offers enough shades of grey to differentiate a ...

Sex and the City: Yeah, I went there.

So the other night I put my brand new marriage* in jeopardy during what began as a pleasant post-honeymoon dinner with my sister and her husband....

Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Forget those flaws!

Sometimes it's tough to like Judd Apatow. I liked The 40 Year Old Virgin, loved Knocked Up, and tolerated Superbad -- it's not really the movies themselves that provoke these qualms. ...