It's Movie Time

Another dysfunctional family but with  functional cinematography.

Learn about 911 Call Centers; weep for an imaginative thriller.

Carolyn  and John agree on the visual delights of Oz and the deficiency of  Franco's role.

Some real magic needed with this extravaganza.

Needing more TL Jones and less love.

Dwayne just keeps chugging along with one mediocre film after another.

Carolyn, Fran, and John compare notes on their fav Oscars from the past.

John and Carolyn guess at the Oscar winners and weigh in on the ones they believe should win.

John, Carolyn, and Linda explain how they were affected by Side Effects.

Be careful of the time this comedy will steal from you.

Side Effects
Grade: C
Director: Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brokovich, Contagion)
Screenplay: Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Cast: Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Channing Tatum (Magic Mike)
Rating: R
Runtime: 105 min.
by John DeSando

Martin Taylor (Channing Tatum): Be careful.
Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara): Why?
Martin Taylor: There are side effects.
Emily Taylor: There always are. Side effects.

John and Carolyn review David O. Russell's Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook

A  memorable story of love.

John and Carolyn are happy about this torrid period drama set in 18th-century Denmark.

An even-handed look at gay adoption and Down Syndrome.

John and Johnny praise at uncut length The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty but disagree about Bigelow's earlier Point Break and Blue Steel.

A classy European character study.

Broken Noir

John and Carolyn discuss one of two top Oscar nominees, Zero Dark Thirty.

John and Johnny don't agree about the Oscar nominations.