The movie director who has never shied away from sex
Last week, producer Harvey Weinstein won his appeal to have the adults-only NC-17 rating on the Ryan Gosling-Michelle Williams picture “Blue Valentine” reduced to an R. In this country, the Motion...
View Article‘Blue Valentine’: they do still make them like they used to
Character driven and bleakly realistic, “Blue Valentine” feels like a throwback to the moviemaking of the 1970s, when many stars prided themselves on looking unglamorous on-screen and directors loved...
View ArticleAre you joining the ‘Drive’ movie trailer class action lawsuit?
Movie trailers seem to keep getting worse and worse as the studios become more desperate to bludgeon us into submission. These theater ads either give away too much of the plot or they promise us...
View ArticleWhat is so terrible about Reese W. and ‘This Means War’?
Most big-budget studio movies are so glossy and unreal these days that it always fascinates me when the critical community zeroes in on a particular piece of escapism as an example of all that is...
View Article‘La La Land’: backlash to the backlash
The movie that almost won the best picture Oscar in February – “La La Land” – was released on the pay streaming services and VOD Tuesday, even while it’s still kicking around in some theaters. The...
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