Review: Cyrus

‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …

IFFBoston 2010 Review: Cyrus

‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …

DVD Review: Step Brothers

If you’re like me, you thought you’d had enough for Will Ferrell.  Every movie it’s the same, with him playing the overgrown child.  I get it, it’s not funny.  And then I saw “Step Brothers,” and all of a sudden, the things that I was growing so weary of seemed new and funny.  Maybe it’s …

‘Step Brothers’ Trailer

Coming from Director Adam McKay and comedy powerhouse Judd Apatow is a new film written by Will Ferrell and McKay called Step Brothers. It follows two spoiled guys who become brothers by marriage. The two adults have to deal with the changes in their parents lives, and accept each other. It looks pretty damn funny, …