Trailer: The Blind Side
I know, I know, it has the inevitable "I got more from him than he ever got from me" scene and I am always cautious about "mighty whitey" (white person transforms the life of a person of color) and...
View ArticleAll About Steve
Somewhere deep inside this movie, like the little tiny pea in the bed of the princess, is an idea that could have been an interesting movie. Unfortunately, as with that bed of the princess, it is...
View ArticleThe Proposal
Think "Taming of the Shrew Wears Prada." Book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) is whip-smart and whippet-thin, ferociously competent, ruthlessly demanding, and just plain scary. When she strides into...
View ArticleRazzies and Spirit Awards
Sandra Bullock certainly gets the good sport award for her gracious acceptance of the worst actress Razzie for her performance in All About Steve. She came out on stage with a wagon full of DVDs for...
View ArticleDVD Giveaway: The Blind Side
One of the biggest critical and box office successes of last year is The Blind Side, the heartwarming real-life story of professional football player Michael Oher, who has a homeless black teenager was...
View ArticleThe Blind Side
"The Blind Side" is a movie about football that had its own broken field running challenge. It is the true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher, a homeless black kid adopted by a...
View ArticleThe Worst Movie Bosses
This week's release of "Horrible Bosses" made me think of some of the other terrible bosses in movies. Here are some of the bosses we love to hate on screen. Who am I leaving out? And which movie...
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Movie Ticket Giveaway! ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’
I have free tickets to give away to a January 17 Washington DC-area screening of a new movie based on Extremely Loud and...Read the full post here »
View ArticleExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed novel about a boy whose father was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11 has been brought to the screen with great sensitivity and heart. Newcomer Thomas Horn plays...
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The Heat
By my count, I have seen some sixty jillion buddy cop movies, and they follow a format as rigid as a sonnet. One cop is by-the-book. One is free-wheeling and impulsive. There is a frustrated...
View ArticleTrailer: “Gravity”
I attended the press conference for "Gravity" at Comic-Con and can tell you it looks like one of the most extraordinary films of the year. Take a look at the new trailer: ...Read the full post here »
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Gravity
In space, there is no oxygen and no sound. There is no up or down. Everything is weightless. When you cry, the tears float away instead of running down your cheeks. "Gravity" is one of the...
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Alliance of Women Film Journalist Awards 2013
I'm honored, as always, to be a part of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and proud to announce our awards for 2013 AWFJ EDA ‘BEST OF’ AWARDS Best Film 12 Years a Slave Best Director (Female...
View ArticleMinions
The Minions should pay a little less attention to villains and a little more to penguins. Like "Madagascar's" penguins, "Despicable Me's" yellow minions were comic relief characters who took the lead...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: Minions
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View ArticleOur Brand is Crisis
As we gear up for one of the most improbable and even outlandish Presidential campaigns in US history, we get a movie based on a real-life Presidential campaign in Bolivia, with imported American...
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