November 10
NEW YEAR’S EVE – This movie, directed by Gary Marshall, bills itself as the “ultimate” romantic comedy, but “extreme” would probably be a better word. There are more than a dozen characters, all of which overlap and look for love in wholly different places, making the plot a hodge-podge of romantic cliches. And the movie features all kinds of love stories – about 73 – all of which are implausible and ridiculous. An inter-species romance between a cheetah and a panda? Someone finds Ricky Gervais sexy? And Natalie Portman plays the Secretary of State? Honestly the only way I’d watch this movie is if Meryl Streep stepped in for the Ashton Kutcher role. – Kiran