Elizabeth Banks

Anna Kendrick (Oscar nominated for Up in the Air) leads the young cast in this college a cappala romp that is part Bridesmaids (complete with actress Rebel Wilson, who graces both, and gross-out scenes involving bodily fluids) and part Glee (but cooler). The music is great and the humor is laugh-out-loud raucous. I must disclose that I saw this movie with a friend from high school I was in show ch...[Read More]

It turns out that men have daddy issues too. The premise of the new film People Like Us is pretty simple. Like many movies about family, it starts with a death. Jerry Harper, music producer/ramblin’ man/eternal hippie, dies and leaves instructions for his estranged son, Sam (Chris Pine), to go to an apartment complex and take care of the strangers who live there. Turns out these people are S...[Read More]

It seems as of late that film adaptations of novels are causing frenzy among fans of the source material. What to Expect When You’re Expecting is another book turned romantic comedy loaded with an ensemble cast playing unrealistic characters in ill-matched relationships. The film which doesn’t focus on any of the educational tips provided by the must have book for parents-to-be, focuses primarily ...[Read More]

Are you scared that maybe you might spend 102 minutes watching a man on a ledge? That the title alone might lead you right down Phone Booth memory lane? Don’t be afraid, Man on a Ledge is more than that. I won’t go so far as to say it is outstanding, but it’s decent. Some might even say extremely satisfactory. After exhausting his appeals and being sentenced to 25 years for a crime he did not comm...[Read More]