REVIEW: UP IN THE AIR (2009)

I truly wish the TV commercial for this movie did not tout it as being the “from director of Juno.”  That is selling it short.  Or worse.  Juno was self-conscious in almost every aspect.  Up In The Air, however, is anything but that.  It is fresh, funny and touching — and probably marks (I hope)…

REVIEW: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009)

Seriously. They actually do. This title is not a metaphor. Like The Informant!, though less subtle, the film is adapted from a book by Jon Ronson, which is supposedly a collection of mostly true stories, and instead of saying “Based on a True Story” the opening credit leads with “More of this is true than…