Review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is unwatchable and incoherent

Review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is unwatchable and incoherent

Written by Diablo Cody — unhappily a million miles now from "Juno" — who has tried, if we use the best possible motive, to write a satire of '80s teen movies, but has made something unwatchable — unfunny, unclever and dull. "Weekend at Bernie's," which also dealt with a corpse, looks like a Christopher Nolan film in comparison.
Review: ‘Monk and the Gun’ is about democracy and much more

Review: ‘Monk and the Gun’ is about democracy and much more

We begin with a young monk, Tashi, attendant to a lama, or spiritual leader, traversing a peaceful field to a mountain village, Ura. He's on his way to hear an unusual request: The lama needs a gun. Or two. Before the full moon comes in a few days. "Things need to be made right," he says, cryptically.