The introductory prep school shenanigans—your mom jokes, bartering for weed—in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” mostly serve to generate cheap laughs,…
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Alexander Payne’s 2004 film “Sideways” (based on the novel by Rex Pickett) ends much like it begins: in a sea…
As political thrillers go, “The Ides of March” is intriguing, focused on the campaign trail rather than the end-game of…
Near perfect casting aside, the 2007 David Dobkin (“The Judge”) movie “Fred Claus” is also a successful blend of contemporary…