Reviews

The writers could have explored that dynamic in the marriage via Eisenberg's character who seemed to be just as unemphatic as his dad.

If I had my druthers, when the human child first entered the world of the monsters, the child would have been lost there and the friendly monsters Sully and his sidekick would have had to search high and low through monster-world for the wayward kid.

There's just no way NYC would allow a film maker nowadays to block off a huge section of street to film a movie.

Especially the egg eating contest was a bit hard to swallow Those light scenes that the director focused on in the first hour caused me to lose my suspension of disbelief, which then took me out of the moment and made me acutely aware I was watching a movie.

Like his film Glory, he overdoes the close up shots of Connelly and whenever she was in the film it felt like another run of a mill movie, when the rest of film was pretty special.

Movies don't necessarily follow a specific formula, but the movie watcher has been dialed into the conventional story telling concept that's used in most movies.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Usually a movie that was made from a musical stage production had a large number of the songs cut, so that the story line and dialogue could be expanded for a movie audience.

Director: Richard Brooks Writers: Richard Brooks (screenplay), Sinclair Lewis (from the novel by) Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy Genre: Drama "A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause."

Directed by Robert Wise so I had high expectations for this film.