As one who’s been made to feel uncomfortable by the problematically bulky Jason Segel being on the verge of serious beefalo for several years (beginning with that repugnant nude scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall), I must extend a crisp salute of respect to Segel for having trimmed down considerably for Jake Kasdan‘s Sex Tape (i.e, formerly Basic Math), which Sony will debut on 7.25. The obviously insubstantial comedy costars Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe and Jack Black.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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