A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
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Based on Heidi Murkoff's bestselling pregnancy manual, What to Expect When You're Expecting marks a new low in ensemble comedy. Director Kirk Jones patches together exaggerated star-filled scenes that, dependent on overdone characters connected by a tenuous storyline, unapologetically check off the effects surrounding pregnancy seemingly culled from the source material's index.To read the rest of my review, visit KCActive.com.