As fun as a barrel of carcinomatous monkeys, Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is destined to be dismissed by audiences like yours truly. Not because I’m a man and Miss You Already is a “women’s picture,” but because it so proudly flaunts its endless reservoir of hydrogenated sap and eye-rolling ludicrousness, the kind redeemed only by the sleight of hand of its capable … [Read more...]
PB Film Fest’s new home opens with four-film cancer benefit
With new management and a new year-round home, the 20-year-old Palm Beach International Film Festival is turning over a new leaf. Broadway producer Jeff Davis (Rock of Ages) took over the reins of the festival in February, serving as its president and CEO. This weekend, beginning tonight, he opens The Palm Beaches Theatre — the 240-seat Manalapan playhouse and screening room … [Read more...]
Cancer comedy ‘50’/50’ an odds-on winner
The idea of a comedy about cancer is hardly unheard of. After all, the cable series The Big C is based on exactly that premise. But the very savvy new film 50/50 -- named for the odds of surviving the cancer that young NPR radio segment producer Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) contracts -- handles the precarious tonal balancing act with impressive ease. The film is written by … [Read more...]