Bella Swan kisses abstinence and mortality goodbye in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” in which the vampire-loving teen gets hitched, knocked up and almost destroyed from within by her little bundle of joy. All the more disappointing,…
“Welcome to the Rileys” takes two old plots and makes a rather touching new plot out of them. What we’ve seen before is (1) the good man who hopes to redeem a prostitute, and (2) the frozen suburban couple who…
Welcome to the Rileys: Welcome to the Rileys’ first frames are filled with the familiar and menacing outline of James Gandolfini’s face. But rather than New Jersey gangland, we’re in an agoraphobic version of the Midwest, and Gandolfini’s Doug Riley,…
The Rileys are Doug and Lois (James Gandolfini & Melissa Leo), whose life together has a hollow emptiness since their daughter Emily was killed eight years ago… After their loss, the Rileys have become distant to each other, with both…
Ask a parent what their biggest fear is and most will reply, “That my child dies before me.” It’s just inbred in us: the security of knowing that one day, our children will take care of us, even bury us…
“Welcome to the Rileys” is supposed to be Kristen Stewart’s breakthrough film. The film that vaults Stewart into the top rankings of female actresses in Hollywood. But based on early sneak peak reviews it looks like that may not happen…
Much has been said about “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart and whether she can do more acting than just her hallow-eyed, absent-minded impression of Bella. “Welcome to the Rileys,” her latest film, should answer all those questions. The star, whom many…
B+ Review in a Hurry: Sad-sack plumbing contractor Doug (James Gandolfini) has been having an affair with a waitress ever since his daughter died. But when the waitress suddenly dies too, he’s off to a New Orleans convention, where he…
After all those years playing Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini knows his way around a stripper pole. In Welcome to the Rileys, Gandolfini plays Doug Riley, a plumbing contractor who slips out of a New Orleans convention and pops into a…
Welcome to the Rileys (2010) Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 29, 2010 Lisa Schwarzbaum Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW. Details: Release Date: Nov 05, 2010; Rated: R; Length: 110 Minutes; With: James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo and…