John DeSando

Hopkins is Hitch.

Not "comedy" as we know it.

The Comedy
Grade: B-
Director: Rick Alverson
Screenplay: Alverson, Robert Donne, Colm O’Leary
Cast: Tim Heidecker
Rating: NR
Runtime: 94 min.
by John DeSando

Cool, sentimental, and melodramatic coming of age.

Johnny favors Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher but doesn't look forward to several other films.

Johnny likes Django Unchained. John likes Naomi Watts.

A Cinema Classic: Uncut 9 Min. Dec. Holiday Films

It's lonely on the trail and in the heart.

John and Carolyn differ on the adaptation's value.

It's a small Mob story with  big dialogue.

A new and exciting way to experience an old story.

A Cinema Classic: 9 min Uncut James Bond with Professor Johnny's Bond "life lessons."

You'll not see a more sexual film this year.

John and Johnny argue the relative merits of Connery and Craig.

John and Carolyn appreciate the drama and historicity of the film Lincoln.

The most imaginative film this year.

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)

John and Carolyn reveal the intricacies of Holy Motors.

The political process meets "Honest Abe."

John and Johnny discuss films for the November 2012 holiday season.

John and Johnny go on about films for the November 2012 holiday season.

A Cinema Classic: Uncut  8 min  November Holiday Films

A strangely interesting treatise on death and acting.