Tagged: Bradley Cooper

The Place Beyond the Pines
Grade: B+
Director: Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)
Screenplay: Cianfrance, Ben Coccio (The Beginner), Darius Marder
Cast: Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Rating: R
Runtime: 140 min.
by John DeSando

“If you ride like lightning, you're going to crash like thunder.” Robin (Ben Mendelsohn)

Trance

Grade: B+

Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Screenplay: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge (Trainspotting)

Cast: James McAvoy (The Last Station), Rosario Dawson (Zookeeper)

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min. by John DeSando

“The choice is yours. Do you want to remember or do you want to forget?” Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson)

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

Cooper and Lawrence are the best couple in a romantic dramedy this year.

Silver Linings Playbook
Grade: A
Director: David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Screenplay: Russell from Matthew Quick novel
Cast: Bradley Cooper (Limitless), Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games)
Rating: R
Runtime:
by John DeSando

“I’m remaking myself,” Pat (Bradley Cooper)

The Words needs inspired words to make it successful.