Posts Tagged ‘Julia Roberts’
Film Review – Leave the World Behind
The thing about movies where people face a catastrophic event – whether it be nuclear fallout, a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, etc. – is that they usually start off with an intriguing premise. Everyday life gets interrupted by mysterious happenings, and as characters realize…
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Film Review – Somebody I Used to Know
After tackling the horror genre with The Rental (2020), actor-turned-director Dave Franco has put his sights on the romantic comedy with Somebody I Used to Know (2023). Teaming up with co-writer/star Alison Brie, Franco weaves a familiar tale of romance, love triangles, and all the messiness that comes with it. Fans of…
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Film Review – I Want You Back
Misery loves company, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. That is the predicament our two central characters face in I Want You Back (2022). Directed by Jason Orley (cowritten by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger) this is a throwback romantic comedy that isn’t afraid to embrace its tropes. Twenty…
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Interview – Garry Marshall – Mother’s Day
Spencer interviews director Garry Marshall from the dramedy Mother’s Day.
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Film Review – Secret in Their Eyes
English language remakes of prized foreign language films has become standard in Hollywood. Knowing that the average American audience doesn’t have the attention span for reading subtitles, film companies will often turn their gaze towards foreign intellectual properties they can pilfer and repackage into a…
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Film Review – Love, Rosie
If this were two decades ago, Love, Rosie (2014) would have been the perfect vehicle for a Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan. The material is similar to the projects that made those two stars. Light romantic comedies that follow the same pattern: girl meets boy,…
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2014 Oscar Predictions – Ben’s Picks
It’s Oscar time again and it has been a roller coaster of a year with no clear front-runner for best picture and several of the categories ripe for potential upsets. While not as strong a line up of films as last year, there are still…
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Film Review – August: Osage County
An ensemble of talented, well-known actors has always been a worry for me. When that much talent is thrown together, it can mean pretty much one of two things: first, the material is really good and it has gotten the interest of several people who…
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