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HUFFINGTON
01.27.13
DON JON’S ADDICTION
Well, this was a surprise. Not that
there wasn't at least some inkling
that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could
successfully direct a movie; he has
worked with some pretty talented
directors in the last couple of years.
I just didn't expect this to be so
funny — to tell the truth, for some
reason I thought that this was going
to be a Shame-style exploration
of a man's plunge into an Internet
pornography-related abyss — and so
raunchy. Also, most important, Don
Jon's Addiction brings Tony Danza
back into our lives. And, yes, Danza
is great in this movie.
FROM TOP: THOMAS KLOSS; DESPINA SPYROU; QUANTRELL COLBERT
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Before Midnight, starring
Ethan Hawke and Julie
Delpy and directed by
Richard Linklater, takes
place nine years after Before
Sunset (2004), itself a
sequel to Before Sunrise
(1995). Revealing the extent
of the relationship these two
do or don't have in Before
Midnight is treading on spoiler
territory, but I will say that
this film is the most relatable
of the three because they
seem like real people, not just
caricatures of some sort of
"true love" fantasy.
A.C.O.D.
It’s about time we finally see Adam Scott
and Amy Poehler in a project together. OK,
yes, sarcasm — but shouldn’t every project
involve Scott and Poehler? Scott plays
Carter, the go-between between his
divorced parents — played by Richard
Jenkins and Catherine O’Hara — in this
offering from first-time feature director
Stu Zicherman, who also co-wrote the film
with Modern Family writer Ben Karlin.
I will say
Before Midnight
is the most
relatable of the
three because
they seem like
real people,
not just some
caricatures
of some sort
of 'true love'
fantasy.”