O-Town Girl
Cara Delevingne starts her acting career already famous. She had always wanted to act, but what was supposed to be a sidelight as a...
Less Than Jake
The critical narrative has now hardened around Jake Gyllenhaal. It goes like this: After a misguided period when the actor tried to be an...
Baby Baby
Four years ago, Joe and Kris Swanberg had a baby. In response, they did what Swanbergs do: They made films about it. Joe’s arrived...
Mini Marvel
Movie fanboys, including me, were disappointed when Edgar Wright, the British cult director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End,...
Surely, Temple
The career of Juno Temple continues to frustrate me. The tiny British actress, who turns 26 this week, is the daughter of the filmmaker...
The Jazz Singer
I remember the first time I heard Amy Winehouse. I was at a listening booth in a Borders Books & Music — remember those?...
Hang It
Sixteen years later, we’re still living in the shadow of The Blair Witch Project. That found-footage horror film was revolutionary in its day, but...
Go Bigger
Well, you figured Magic Mike would get a sequel. You figured it would be on a larger scale. You just didn’t figure it would...
Terminate This
To: Hollywood studio chiefs
CC: James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Subject: the Terminator movies
Just stop, OK? It’s simply not working. Terminator Genisys is the fifth film in...
Death by Movies
With the release of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, it has become official: Teen weepers have become self-aware. Took them long enough,...
