KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Lael Loewenstein join Larry to review the week’s new film releases The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, Every Day and Barney's Version. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Peter Rainer, film critic for The Christian Science Monitor
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for Variety
Films Reviewed
The Green Hornet
Britt Reid, heir to his late father's company, teams up with dad's assistant Kato to form a masked crime fighting team.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, and Tom Wilkinson
Written by: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
Directed by: Michel Gondry
based upon a radio series by George W. Trendle
In 3D
Rated: PG-13
The Dilemma
A man learns his business partner's wife is having an affair, just prior to a career making presentation. Does he keep the information secret, or risk blowing the presentation by revealing the truth?
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Queen Latifah
Written by: Alan Loeb
Directed by: Ron Howard
Rated: PG-13
Universal Pictures
Every Day
A television writer deals with a series of domestic and professional crises and a temptress.
Starring: Liev Schrieber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard, Ezra Miller, and Brian Dennehy
Written and Directed by: Richard Levine
Rated: R
Image Entertainment
Barney’s Version
A murder mystery intertwined with the history of one man’s three marriages.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike
Written by: Michael Konyves
Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler
Directed by: Richard J. Lewis
Rated: R
Sony Picture Classics
DVD Releases
The Social Network
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
Directed by: David Fincher
Alpha and Omega
Starring: the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci and Justin Long
Directed by: Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck
Shake hands with the Devil
Starring: Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake and James Gallenders
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode