Running Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Rupert Sanders Quick Impressions: Last week before Men in Black, a trailer came on for Snow White and the Huntsman. As the preview played, my three-year-old’s jaw dropped. She sat watching, eyes wide, mouth gaping. Since it was pretty intense, I worried that she was scared. The instant the …
Running Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Richard Linklater Quick Impressions: I’m so glad we saw this movie. It was Bernie or The Sound of my Voice, and driven by a mutual distrust of Brit Marling and affinity for Jack Black, my husband and I chose Bernie. Going in, we were both …
Running Time: 1 hour, 44 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Quick Impressions: Back in high school (or actually, the summer just after it), I loved Men in Black because it was the kind of thing my parents liked to see, and I loved anything that got me into a movie theater. I remember hearing after …
Running Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: John Madden Quick Impressions: As we left the theater, my husband (who told me that I had over-estimated his enjoyment of Battleship) remarked, “This is the best movie I’ve seen so far this year.” Though I agreed, I added, “The Avengers was also very good.” My husband said, “Yes, …
Running Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Peter Berg Quick Impressions: My nine-year-old stepson dreams of future military glory and has been dying to see Battleship since the very first preview. Earlier this week, I explained all this to my mother and said with a sigh of acceptance, “So it looks like we’re going …
Running Time: 1 hour, 52 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Tim Burton Quick Impressions: I noticed that Dark Shadows was getting a somewhat chilly critical reception, but The Avengers had been so satisfying as entertainment for the whole family the week before that I was desperately craving more summer movie fun. Plus, when you go to …
Running Time: 2 hours, 23 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Joss Whedon Quick Impressions: Reviewing The Avengers feels special to me. For one thing, this is easily one of the most anticipated movies of the year since Marvel has been teasing us with it ever since the tag at the end …
Running Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes Rating: R Director: Nick Stoller Quick Impressions: Our screening of The Five-Year Engagement began with a trippy, mysterious Yellow Submarine trailer that aired just before the “no texting, no calls” announcement. I call it mysterious because I have no idea what it meant. It appeared to be just a remastered version …
Running Time: 1 hour, 28 minutesRating: PGDirector: Peter Lord Quick Impressions:I’m just going to have to face it—nothing will ever be as funny as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. How fondly I recall the afternoon that my husband (then my boyfriend) and I mistakenly stumbled on that …
Running Time: 1 hour, 39 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Lee Hirsch Quick Impressions: While watching this movie, three things jumped out at me: 1) Seriously? This was at one time rated R? What exactly did they remove to argue the MPAA down to the PG-13 rating? Because of its high-profile …
