Trailer: Life Itself
Posted on July 11, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Lots of tears coming with this movie from the guy behind “This is Us” and with a cast so great I’m crying already.
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Clever Girl — Said by Sean Connery (Twice) and a LOT of Other People Too
Posted on July 10, 2018 at 2:34 pm
How many times have women characters in movies been called “clever girls?” Well, here’s a remarkable compilation. It’s an interesting compliment, because it’s praising and kind of diminishing at the same time, though in some of these cases there seem to be meta quote marks around it. I wonder why it is so prevalent, though.
Liking Not-Great Movies
Posted on July 10, 2018 at 8:00 am
I really enjoyed A. Martine’s essay in Medium, In Defense of Passion Over Talent, B Movies, and the So-Bad-It’s-Good Work of Art. An excerpt: Although I am incredibly critical with films when it comes to quality, I also acknowledge that the issue is much more complicated than that. I have hated films that, objectively speaking, …
My New Favorite Cry: You Sang My Song
Posted on July 9, 2018 at 9:51 am
Please check out You Sang My Song on Facebook. Glamour asked top recording artists like Maria Carey, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Shawn Mendes, and Meghan Trainor to watch YouTube covers of their songs. The only thing more touching than seeing these platinum singer-songwriters appreciate their fans (many of them say, “She sang it better than I …
Interview: Byron Mann
Posted on July 9, 2018 at 8:00 am
I was delighted to have a chance to interview Byron Mann for The Credits about this week’s release “Skyscraper,” co-starring with Dwayne Johnson. He is deliciously arrogant in one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite films, as the “synthetic CDO” guy eating sushi as Steve Carell fumes in “The Big Short.” An …