LA Times

Romantic comedy ‘Social Animals’ bogs down in Austin hipster clichés

6 years ago Scarlett Newton
Much in the way that Cameron Crowe’s early ’90s Seattle-set “Singles” froze the grunge scene in rom-com amber, “Social Animals” is a time capsule of 20-teens Austin. Writer-director Theresa Bennett throws every hipster cliché at “Social Animals,” but it only serves to make the film feel dated. ...

‘All Summers End’ wastes strong cast with bad choices

6 years ago Talia Irvine
There’s much a filmmaker could do with a cast like the one “All Summers End” has — led by Tye Sheridan and Kaitlyn Dever as love-struck teens, and Paula Malcolmson and Annabeth Gish as their moms — but writer-director Kyle Wilamowski smothers his bid for nuanced emotion in the cardboard mechanics...