The great Carrie Rickey published a piece in the New York Times this past weekend with the depressing headline ‘Female Directors Gain Ground, Slowly’. The piece reported that in 2012, by their count, women directors hit a recent high of 9% of the 250 top grossing films. That number...
Read More »Barbra Streisand has not had the lead in a film since The Mirror Has Two Faces (which she directed) in 1996. She's back onscreen as Joyce Brewster, Seth Rogan's mom in the road comedy The Guilt Trip. The biggest challenge for the film is making Barbra look like a regular mom and ...
Read More »I wouldn’t call The Guilt Trip a great comedy, but I had a lot of fun watching Barbra Streisand, who effortlessly commands the screen and reminds us what a gifted, natural comedienne she is.
Read More »Barbra Streisand co-stars in Anne Fletcher's The Guilt Trip as the mother of Andy (Seth Rogen) who agrees to go on a cross-country road trip with her son. Let's hope that the film is not one long Jewish mother stereotype.
Read More »Newflash. Babs is going to get back behind the camera.
Read More »I used to really hate numbers. Now I find numbers empowering. I find them empowering because they make anecdotal evidence a reality. They help us know we are not crazy.
Read More »Bradley Cooper certainly likes to juggle genres. In recent times, the actor has switched up between popcorn fare like "The A-Team," comedies like "The Hangover," adult dramas like "Limitless" and the upcoming "The Place Beyond The Pines" and, of cou...
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