Tag: Reese Witherspoon
How Do You Know Is Consistent Proof of James L. Brooks Advocating for the Underdog “Nice Guy”
“We’re all just one small adjustment away from making our lives work.” These are the kind and assuring words of the ultimate typecast “nice guy,” [Read More…]
Hallie Meyers-Shyer Is Almost at Home in the Writer-Director’s Chair of Home Again
When your parents are auteur Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, there’s most certainly an undeniable amount of pressure to “be good”–at the very least–when making [Read More…]
Diet Misandry at Golden Globes 2018
“Here are the all-male nominees,” Natalie Portman underscores while standing next to Ron Howard to present the award for Best Director (which, by the way, [Read More…]
Big Little Lies: Like Pretty Little Liars for Adults
“I believe women are chemically incapable of forgiveness,” notes one of the interviewees in the police precinct after a murder at an elementary school fundraiser. [Read More…]
Everything Is Copy Documentary Examines the Limits of Nora Ephron’s Philosophy on Art
The family mantra of the Ephrons, started by Nora’s screenwriter mother, Phoebe Wolkind, was simply this: “everything is copy.” That is to say, any pains [Read More…]
The Greek Tragedy Influence of James Foley’s Fear
For as written off as James Foley’s Fear tends to be when it comes to being seen as something more than a teen trash psychological thriller, [Read More…]
The Epicness of the “Color Blind” Scene in Cruel Intentions
There are few movie scenes in late 90s film history with half as much intensity as the one that takes place at the end of [Read More…]
The Lukewarmness of Hot Pursuit
Director Anne Fletcher has long been on a commercial winning streak with movies like Step Up, 27 Dresses and The Proposal. That streak began to [Read More…]
Movie Reunions: A Sad Homage to the Films Themselves
The popularity of movie reunions is telling of the surge of nostalgia people feel for an era in cinema they (rightly) deem to be better [Read More…]
A Little Bit of Heaven: A Little Bit Like Just Like Heaven and Not As Bad As Everyone Says
Maybe the 2011 film A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson and Gael García Bernal evaded you. Or maybe you assumed you already saw [Read More…]
