The Trouble With Harry (1955)

In fact, not one of the oddball characters in this Hitchcock comedy cares less about Harry whose body turns up on its back in the Vermont countryside, but they all come together in a claustrophobic sphere of action to deal with the matter of his body which, for no satisfactory reason, they wish to disappear.

★★★☆☆

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Despite its worthwhile message and the fact it is based on the beloved James Thurber character, this ill-conceived, ponderous Ben Stiller vanity project is the pits, unsuccessfully melding comedy (wet), adventure (daft), sudden, unexpected pop culture spoof (bewildering), and endless product placement (shameless), and made even more unbearable by its cast of adults playing adults who act like children, all of them, from cloying start to maudlin finish.

☆☆☆☆☆

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Bernie (2011)

Jack Black is hugely charismatic as real life convicted murderer, Bernie, but the movie, despite the inclusion of interviews with the townsfolk involved in the true events, feels like it has failed to turn over some obvious other stones.

★★★☆☆

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