Movie Review: "Love Is All You Need"

Rating: R (brief sexuality, nudity, and some language) Length: 116 min Release date: Sept. 6, 2012 Directed by: Susanne Bier Genre: Comedy, RomanceStars: 3 out of 5 "Love Is All You Need" is the heartwarming tale of a woman who loses and finds herself through arduous cancer...

Summer Movie Showdown: "Big" Review

Rating: PGLength: 104 minutesRelease Date: June 3, 1988Directed by: Penny MarshallGenre: ComedyStars: 3.5 out of 5"Big" is a heartwarming 1988 comedy starring Tom Hanks ("Forest Gump"), Elizabeth Perkins ("28 Days"), Robert Loggia ("Independence Day"), and John Heard ("The...

Movie Review: It's a Disaster

Rating: R Length: 88 minutes Release Date: June 20, 2012 Directed by: Todd Berger Genre: ComedyStars: 3.5 out of 5"It's a Disaster" is a 2012 black comedy that is primarily shown in film festivals and art houses. Todd Berger wrote, directed, and starred in this film....

Movie Review: Starbuck

Rating: R Length: 109 minutes Release Date: Mar. 22, 2013 Directed by: Ken Scott Genre: ComedyStars: 3.5 out of 5 What a curious feature of the modern world that humor may be derived from chaotic family histories and madcap paternity suits. What would have been grim...

Movie Review: "Admission"

Rating: PG-13 (language, some sexual material) Length: 107 minutes Release Date: March 22, 2013 Directed by: Paul Weitz Genre: Comedy Stars: 3 out of 5 Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) is an admissions officer at Princeton University who seems, on the surface, to have her life...

Movie Review: Teen Wolf

Rating: PGLength: 91 minutesRelease Date: Aug. 23, 1985Directed by: Rod Daniel Genre: Comedy/Fantasy/RomanceStars: 3 out of 5Here is how goofy and unserious were the makers of "Teen Wolf," the fun, lighthearted romp from the '80s: the movie poster announces that Michael J....

Movie Review: "Team America: World Police"

Rating: R Length: 98 minutes Release Date: October 15, 2004 Directed by: Trey Parker Genre: Action/Adventure/ComedyStars: 3.5 out of 5 What happens when the creators of the animated television series "South Park" get a bigger budget to make a film? In the case of "Team ...

Movie Review: Identity Thief

Rating: R Length: 112 minutes Release Date: February 8, 2013 Directed by: Seth Gordon Genre: ComedyStars: 3 out of 5 What happens when a studio mixes two comedy superstars with a great director and a well-written script? If the studio has any luck, the end result will be a...

Movie Review: "Noobz"

Rating: R (language, some crude sexual references) Length: 97 minutes Release Date: January 25, 2013 Directed by: Blake Freeman Genre: ComedyStars: 2 out of 5 "Noobz" is a film that centers on video game addict Cody (Blake Freeman), who is having a hard time balancing his...

Movie Review: "Fairhaven"

Rating: NR (Not Rated) Length: 81 minutes Release Date: Jan. 11, 2013 Directed by: Tom O'Brien Genre: Comedy/DramaStars: 3 out of 5 The town of Fairhaven-for which this film is named-is a bit misleading judging from its name. There really isn't anything fair about the New...

Movie Review: A Haunted House

Rating: R (For crude and sexual content, language, and some drug use) Length: 86 minutes Release Date: Jan. 11, 2013 Directed by: Michael Tiddes Genre: Comedy, Horror Stars: 3 out of 5 In "A Haunted House," a couple moves in together only to realize that their house is...

Movie Review: "This is 40"

Rating: R (crude humor, sexual content, some drug material, pervasive language) Length: 133 minutes Release Date: Dec. 21, 2012 Directed by: Judd Apatow Genre: ComedyStars: 3 out of 5 Some of writer/director Judd Apatow's films are downright raunchy and have some gag-worthy...

An Unlikely Star Duo Turns "The Guilt Trip" into an Atypical Road

Road-trip films took a new turn on Dec. 19, 2012, with the release of "The Guilt Trip." Starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen as a surprisingly hilarious mother-son duo, the film manipulates the traditional road-trip film formula, resulting in ninety-five minutes of ...