
daily stream: stirring some extra stress into the cranberry sauce
2003’s Pieces of April is on Max in the US, Prime in the UK.

2003’s Pieces of April is on Max in the US, Prime in the UK.

2005’s In Her Shoes is on Hulu in the US, Disney+ in the UK.

It’s overstuffed and often jarring. But it’s also honest and unassuming, never insipid or sentimental, with a rough power, a generous spirit, and performances that are warm, wise, and perceptive.
And the winners are…

Nice Guy garbage man Josh Lucas negs sad sack Katie Holmes. Based on the pernicious self-help philosophy that insists that everything wrong with your life is your fault. You know: feel-good romance!

The title is intentionally ironic, and yet still feels like a bad and desperately unfunny joke. The spectacular all-star cast holds their noses and gamely dives in anyway, for the sake of Judy Greer’s directorial debut.
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
There has always been something meanspirited about drag, but the meanness of this appalling movie descends to a cruel new low…
Wow. I didn’t think Adam Sandler could sink any lower. But he has.