There is nothing unexpected in “Post Grad.” It’s a predictable, cute, reserved, little romantic comedy that breaks no new ground. But what’s wrong with that?
This is one of those kid-oriented films where the adults are dorky, disinterested, or distracted, which leaves the important things up to the children.
We all know the formula to a romantic comedy before we ever enter the theater: boy meets girl, they have a rocky relationship with many bumps along the way, but eventually find love.
Presumably, you don’t even have to acknowledge anymore the borrowed idea of the appearance of three ghosts: Past, Present, and Future, or cite “The Christmas Carol,” or give any reference to Charles Dickens or his estate or his descendants.
Based on a true story, “The Soloist” is about Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles columnist, encountering a homeless man with a violin, and being unexpectedly moved by the technique, and the passion, of the musician.
C’mon, admit it, the thought has occurred to you that you’d like to be 17 years old again. Maybe this time you’d try out for the track team, just to see what would happen.
Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire, by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker. Beacon Press, 2008. Pb., 552 pp., $34.95.
Race to Witch Mountain is about a Las Vegas cab driver, played by Dwayne Johnson, discovering that the two children who just appear in the back seat of his taxi are actually aliens, they just look like ordinary kids.
It’s hard to know what to think of this movie. Yes, it’s reportedly a faithful rendition of a famous graphic novel. However, that doesn’t guarantee a good film, though it might help insure a few faithful followers.
