Emma Stone
Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
There are those that will never be happy with reboots or changes to beloved franchises. Already, The Amazing Spider-Man has been attacked for starting Spider-Man’s story anew once again, despite only ten years having passed since Sam Raimi first helmed Spider-Man and five years since the final entry with Tobey Maguire in the lead role (never mind that no one complained about Christopher Nolan’s Ba...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Gangster Squad Looks to Deliver Stylish Period Crime Drama
After last week’s double-dose of superhero goodness, it’s time for something completely different. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at director Ruben Fleischer’s cops-and-crooks film Gangster Squad. Premise: A vigilante police force within the LAPD fights to keep the East Coast Mafia, led by Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s....[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Amazing Spider-Man Fails to Live Up to Its Title
Now that The Avengers has been released – it’s awesome, go see it if you haven’t – and the summer movie season has officially begun, the new trailers will be coming in fast and furious. Attached to Marvel’s comic book opus are the final trailers for the other big superhero films of the summer: The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man. With two such high-profile trailers b...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Help
I, as did many women in this country, read the book The Help, so the movie was on warning in my head to deliver the goods and stay true to Kathryn Stockett’s novel, or else. It did. And one of the reasons it succeeded is the fact that Stockett’s childhood friend (since the age of five) Tate Taylor serves as both writer and director of the new film adaptation. Taylor (a mostly unknown actor who had...[Read More]
Movie Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love
A multi-generational sex farce with real heart and believable characters anchored by an across-the-board stellar cast, Crazy, Stupid, Love is bound to be one of the surprise sleepers of this year. The bare plot of a loveable loser trying to win back his bored wife with some assistance from a professional Lothario – and the romantic ups-and-downs of several other characters offering a mosaic of lov...[Read More]
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