Marcy wrote: “The story of Sherrybaby is simple enough; Gyllenhaal’s moving performance offers enormous complexity” — and who am I to argue?
Sherrybaby. Laurie Collyer, 2006. ***
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Sherrybaby
Half Nelson
It was one thing to find this little indie gem and be surprised and charmed by it; to come back to it half a year later, when it’s been singled out for praise and awards, makes for a slightly different experience. I’m still blown away by Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps, but the storytelling doesn’t [...]
Lassie
Yeah, we’ll watch anything with Samantha Morton, even if she sells her son’s beloved collie to Peter O’Toole. What they call “quality family entertainment.” The Loch Ness monster makes a cameo.
Lassie. Charles Sturridge, 2005. ***
Lassie on Rotten Tomatoes
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Monster House
Here at Muckworld Headquarters, there’s a manhunt on for the sneaky hackers who put Monster House on top of the Netflix queue. Our account must have been compromised–how else to explain that this Spielberg-produced CGI kids movie arrived on our doorstep? I suspect the voices of Steve Buscemi and Maggie Gyllenhaal had something to do [...]
