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“Pieces of April” is a dark comedy about a family going to spend Thanksgiving with the estranged daughter. This “not perfect” daughter decides to bring the family (parents, brother, sister, grandmother) to her small apartment to reconcile with her mother who is battling cancer and to have them meet her new (black) boyfriend. Sort of […]

“Radio” is based on an actual ongoing friendship in So. Carolina between a white football coach and a mentally disabled black man. The story is good, but the movie is loud, sappy, and overdone. It is good to see Debra Winger again, but not in the role of the homey coach’s wife. Cuba Gooding is […]

“My Life Without Me” tells the story of a young mother who learns that she is dying, but she tells no one. An amatuerish, dreary film which features an excellent performance by Sarah Polley. The unfortunate supporting cast do the best they can with the stilted dialogue. GRADE = “C-”

I’d give the movie a 7. The dvd is pretty full, but most of it was uninteresting to me. Clooney and the cinematographer’s commentary is very technical. The behind the scenes featurette is full of people complementing each other, like most are. There are over 20 minutes of deleted scenes, one of which features Fred […]

This is my second favorite movie of the year (right behind MAY). The dvd has a good set of extras. There is a commentary with the director and her husband, the co-writer. It’s an ok listen. The best parts are when she points out where she is in the movie. She put herself in different […]

Last night on Larry King, Jessica Simpson and her hubby Nick were kinda melancholy about the fact that urban and hip hop records comprise the entire top 10 this week. She has a new disc out and they’re both, lets face it not urban pop stars. What do you guys think about this urban swing? […]