The Grand Budapest Hotel: Movie Review

A beautiful, funny story that is just as smart as it is nonsensical.

Wes Anderson’s latest film “The Grand Budapest Hotel” opens at the elaborate Grand Budapest Hotel with a storied history located in the fictional former empire Zubrowka in Eastern Europe. Young Zero Moustafa (newcomer Tony Revolori) is an aspiring lobby boy for the famed concierge Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes). The elder takes Zero under his wing and the two begin a trek across mythical lands.		2014 Directed by: Wes Anderson Screenplay by: Wes Anderson Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori

Draft Day: Movie Review

Costner is back on his game and it's enjoyable but predictable.

“Draft Day” takes place on the day of the NFL draft. We start in Seattle where the Seahawks have the number one pick and are sitting pretty. They could be sitting even prettier if they can find a city desperate enough and dumb enough to trade away their entire future for a possible franchise player. So the action shifts to Cleveland. The championship-less city is a good choice to be the butt of the jokes. The underdog Ohioans don’t mind.		2014 Directed by: Ivan Reitman Screenplay by: Scott Rothman, Rajiv Joseph Starring: Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary

Alan Partridge: Movie Review

Parodying action movies with a typically British zany treatment.

Meet Alan Partridge. He’s a radio DJ and has a way with words which makes it very clear that he doesn’t have a way with words after all. He’s not a people person but he does have some understanding of what people respond to. For British comedy fans, they probably already knew this as Alan was first created in the 1990s as part of “On the Hour,” and now his creator, Steve Coogan, has brought him to the big screen.		2013 Directed by: Declan Lowney Screenplay by: Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney