Tag: Reese Witherspoon
Lucy in the Sky | Review
Loosey Goosey: Hawley Gets Histrionic with Uneven Melodrama
At the end of Now, Voyager (1942) the chain-smoking Bette Davis delivers her iconic line to Paul...
Criterion Collection: Election (1999) | Blu-ray Review
During the final throes of the 1990s, as the last vestiges of Generation X began to crown into adulthood and the budding millennials were...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #6. Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
Director: Ava DuVernay
Writer: Jennifer Lee
Years from now, director Ava DuVernay will continually be referenced for a dizzying amount of incredible firsts...
Hot Pursuit | Review
When Hot is Cold: Fletcher’s Tone Deaf Comedy a Frivolous Altercation
For those familiar with director Anne Fletcher’s studio track record, including the rom-com platitudes...
Inherent Vice | Blu-ray Review
Receiving a mixture of raves, polite applause, and a handful of outright naysayers, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest concoction Inherent Vice comes to Blu-ray for...
Wild | Blu-ray Review
Grossing just under forty million domestically and scoring two Academy Award nominations (for its actresses Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern), Wild arrives on Blu-ray...
The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: Still Julianne Moore… Best Actress Win in the Bag
The Nominations: Best Actress
Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
Reese...
Inherent Vice | Review
The Vice is Right: Anderson’s Inherently Incoherent Pynchon Trip
For his seventh film, auteur Paul Thomas Anderson stakes a claim as the first filmmaker to...
Wild | Review #2
A Prayer for the Wild at Heart: Vallee Continues Reinvention of Lost Souls
Arriving at the end of star Reese Witherspoon’s auteur binge is one...
Wild | Review
Peaks and Vallée: Witherspoon Eats, Prays, Hikes
When Cheryl Strayed's memoir was released in 2012, the climate for gender politics was different. The book's popularity soared...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #17. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Sasha Pieterse, Jena Malone, Joaquin Phoenix,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #66. David Fincher’s Gone Girl
Gone Girl
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Gillian Flynn
Producers: Leslie Dixon, Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon
U.S. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #88. Philippe Falardeau’s The Good Lie
The Good Lie
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Writer: Margaret Nagle
Producers: Black Label Media's Molly Smith, Imagine Ent.'s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Karen Kehela Sherwood
U.S. Distributor: Right...
Devil’s Knot | Review
Where the Truth Weakly Lies; West Memphis Less Effective in Non-Docu Treatment
Atom Egoyan has carved a career out of films focused on misunderstood and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #36. Atom Egoyan’s Devils’ Knot
Devils’ Knot
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer(s): Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson
Producer(s): Boardman, Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Richard Saperstein, Christopher Woodrow
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Reese Witherspoon,...
