A sharp, breezy take on a Manhattan couple suffering from a mid-life crisis, While We’re Young continues Noah Baumbach’s two-decade long winning streak as one of the most insightful American filmmakers working today. Dating all the way back to his terrific 1995 debut, Kicking and Screaming, Baumbach has been fascinated with characters who are undone by their various anxieties, whether …

It may only be April, but Woman in Gold, the latest film by director Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) is certainly the frontrunner for the schmaltziest film of the year. Like a serving of pancakes drenched in far too much syrup, it’s gooey, sticky and sickly sweet; a film comprised entirely of scenes in which mushy sentimentality is prioritized …

If someone pitched a movie to me in which Al Pacino plays an aging rock star trying to kick his coke habit and make amends with the family he left behind, I’d initially assume it’d be gritty, raw and vulgar based on its star’s repertoire. Much to my surprise, which, unfortunately, was my only surprise, Danny Collins may be the …

About halfway through the dreadful new buddy comedy, Unfinished Business, Vince Vaughn’s straight-man protagonist vents to a few stoners in a smoking den by stating, “Teasing sucks.” That’s ironic, considering a large portion of jokes within this sloppy, terribly unfunny film consist of mocking mentally challenged individuals, the gay community, the entire country of Germany, and even people with silly …