Hector and the Search for Happiness movie review: unhappymess
A rich white man tours the misery of others to learn about happiness. Yes, it is as offensive as it sounds.
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Guardians of the Galaxy movie review: empty space
Just another rote space adventure. It’s not actively awful, but there isn’t a single damn thing in the least bit surprising or memorable about it.
Earth to Echo movie review: not good enough for me
An inoffensive time-passer for youngsters, but adult genre fans who recall the 80s classics it draws on — E.T. and The Goonies — will be bored.
The Purge: Anarchy movie review: standing up to power and privilege
Doubles down on the first film’s angry approach to inequality and violence, and again reflects an image of America that is ugly but only slightly distorted.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared movie review: yes, that’s what he does
An absurdist mock epic that is hilarious, outrageous, and completely insane. It’s like a bonkers Swedish Forrest Gump.
Tammy movie review: women behaving badly
Dumb, pointless, unentertaining crap. But at least it’s about women. Yay? Nah.
Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism
Rearranger of space and time Michael Bay has reached a level of aggressive self-actualization that perhaps no other human being has reached before.
Siddharth movie review: gone boy gone
An achingly personal tale of grief and despair amidst the ironies of the modern world, where almost medieval levels of misery live alongside 21st-century horrors.
Chef movie review: very tasty
Jon Favreau’s midlife artistic crisis rendered as food porn. Funny, poignant, and wise, though the wish-fulfillment romantic fantasy of it is a tad much.
A Perfect Plan movie review: dumb and dumber
With rom-coms like this, who needs warcrimes? This is the most cruel, most contrived romantic comedy I have ever had the displeasure to endure.
