The school year hasn’t started yet, so it’s a wee bit early to assign homework. “Mandatory viewing for anyone who loves movies and has any interest in learning more about how they’re made and how that’s been changing in the last few years.” Edward Douglas “After seeing “Side By Side,” you may never watch a movie quite the same way again.” Laura Clifford Reeling ReviewsĪm I going to watch them backwards? Upside down? Out of the side of my head? What? ‘Parents will hate it or they’re vegetables’ sounds crazy unless the comparisons weren’t meant to be seen Side By Side ( Rotten Tomatoes – Metacritic). “Kids are too smart to fall for it, and any grown-up who thinks that The Odd Life of Timothy Green is funny or heartwarming has a head made out of cabbage.” St. “It’s the sort of thing you’ll either find enchanting or an excellent reason to reach for the Scotch.” Ty Burr Boston GlobeĪ family movie that drives you to drink? Check please. “A stupendous cast is completely wasted in underwritten roles as various family members and employers in the town’s sole enterprise: pencil production.” Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Why is “alliteration” hard to alliterate with? “ feels like a retreat – into manufactured drama shellacked with sticky sentimentality, into risk-free storytelling full of coldly contrived conflict.” Stephen Whitty Newark Star-Ledger Rather than letting that review answer the question that proceeded it, let’s discuss how time in the sun affected The Odd Life Of Timothy Green ( Rotten Tomatoes – Metacritic).

“It plays out like a series wet-dream scenarios, performed by a cast of vintage action figures battered and broken from overuse, bleached and slightly molted from sitting in the sun too long.” John Semley Slant Magazine What body part will enjoy the movie more than my brain? “It may be all brawn and no brain, but there’s plenty to enjoy on a non-cerebral level here.” Ben Rawson-Jones Digital Spy

Expendable by Philip K. Dick