Easier with Practice

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: A self-published author (Brian Geraghty) on a book tour/road trip gets an anonymous phone call from a woman looking for phone sex, and thus their relationship begins, despite the fact that they have never met.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Brian Geraghty, Kel O’Neill, Jeanette Brox, Jenna Gavigan, Katheryn Aselton

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. I will say this, there is something engrossing about the bizarre eroticism that forms the central relationship, which in some ways appears to be the most together relationship in the film.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Here and there. But not loudly.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: There are definitely some parts that will make you want to punch someone.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: It’s nominated for Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards, but it has no chance of winning because it’s the only movie in its bunch that you’ve never heard of. And I’ve come to realize that the voters don’t usually see the movies, therefore popularity matters.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: Brian Geraghty carries the movie, and he is disturbed in ways that you cannot relate to. You go right along with it anyway, thanks to his complex and convincing performance.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: Simple and indy.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: It’s subtle and understated in its story, but overt and overstated in its dialogue. The brother character is a cliché of a cheating, partying dude. And you wonder how he and the main lead could possibly be from the same family. Unless of course the lead has a mental dysfunction, which I certainly wouldn’t rule out.

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOsbJsqTZjM

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Couples Retreat

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: Four couples decide to go on vacation together and find out that if they want to do any of the fun stuff the resort has to offer, they will have to go through an eccentric couples counseling course.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love, Kali Hawk, Tasha Smith, Jean Reno, John Michael Higgins, Ken Jeong, Carlos Ponce, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Baiocchi, Gattlin Griffith

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. This easily digestible examination of being in a long term relationship will be relatable to anyone who's old enough to have tried it, but you probably won't gain any new insights into the matter.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: You will smile more than laugh. And considering the cast's pedigree, that may play as a disappointment to some of you.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: With all the love bouncing around this story, it would have been nice to see it pull a little harder at our heart strings.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: Most likely to turn people off yoga... Or, in some cases, onto it.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: Jon Favreau's energy is something to marvel at, and Sex and the City's Kristin Davis, playing his wife, makes you completely forget about Charlotte. But it's newcomer Colin Baiocchi (4 years old) who steals the most scenes. He's almost like a next generation Peter Billingsley.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: And speaking of Peter Billingsley, that kid is going places... Then again, how can you go wrong when you're working with a giant handful of the most talented comedic actors of our time, and filming on location in beautiful Bora-Bora. I could have just stared at the scenery for two hours and felt fulfilled.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: It does a nice job of depicting the various different types of real relationships and real relationship problems that can exist, but often times, right when I started to be interested in where a scene was going, they would cut away to something else. In some cases the jumping around adds to the comedy and the drama. But, other times, I wanted to know what would happen next-- and we'd never cut back to find out. This is especially true in the therapy sessions.

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/couples-retreat/36112/trailers

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Revolutionary Road

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: A couple (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) are smitten by each other in the first scene. Cut to the part where they're married and fighting and grasping at straws to keep the dream alive.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Michael Shannon, Zoe Kazan, Dylan Baker, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Easton, Max Casella, Max Baker

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. This movie makes the point that marriage is a hopeless, desperate prison, in which people get locked so securely by the traditional entrapments of life's occurrences, that-- much like the vows say-- the only way out may well be death.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Only if you're a confirmed bachelor or bachelorette. And even then, it's not the movie that will make you laugh, so much as all the idiots out there who were dumb enough to get married.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: No, but it might make you wish you were watching Titanic... And if you do that you might cry.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: The hype is there, but the feeling that this film will become a classic is not. Still, I wouldn't count out the score, which is good despite the fact that it's reminiscent of the score this director and composer turned in for American Beauty.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: I liked them better in Titanic, when they had the decency to die before getting a chance to get married and ruin all the romance.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: Sam Mendes consistently makes movies with poetic visuals and well though out composition. This is no exception.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: I haven't read the book it's based on, but I can tell from seeing the movie that the book is much more powerful. Maybe pick that up first, to get the full effect.

Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?

A: Since I wrote this last night, Leonardo, Kate, and the movie itself have been nominated for Golden Globes. If any of them beat out the much stronger performances in their respective categories it would be a travesty.

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: http://www.moviefone.com/search/revolutionary%20road/trailers

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