The Proposal plays to the familiar rom-com beats but next to Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, the late Betty White steals the show. The irony of The Proposal is that Sandra Bullock is an American native while Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian native. In the film, Reynolds plays the American while Bullock is a Canadian with an expired visa. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a major publishing house. However, nobody likes…
"The Proposal: Betty White Steals The Show"Tag: Denis O’Hare
Bottom of the 9th gives us a film that seeks to tell us the classic redemption story while placing it in the wide world of baseball. When we first meet Sonny Stano (Joe Manganiello), he’s playing a baseball game in prison. While we don’t know how he got there, what we do know is that he can hit the ball. He certainly could have had a nice big league career ahead of him. But for…
"Bottom of the 9th: Redemption in Baseball"
The Day Shall Come may be a thrilling satirical look at America’s law enforcement community but it just might leave viewers angry. Set in Miami, Moses Al Shabaz (Marchánt Davis) runs The Star of Six Farm with his wife Venus (Danielle Brooks). Shabaz has big dreams ahead for the mission including overthrowing the American government. Him and what army? Oh, right–his army of four. This is an army that includes Farmer X (Malcolm Mays), Farmer…
"SXSW 2019: The Day Shall Come"
Late Night is a hysterically funny film that puts the spotlight on women in a comedy industry on television that is predominantly male. Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is the host of Tonight with Katherine. In the film’s universe, Katherine the only late night talk show host who is female and has her own show. She’s won many awards over the years and the film starts as the Brit becomes the first foreigner to take home…
"Sundance 2019: Late Night"
Netflix brought Private Life to the Sundance Film Festival for its world premiere and while it is a very personal film that gets into what people go through for the IVF process, it isn’t one that will appeal to everyone. Kathryn Hahn has been a versatile comedic performer for years but writer-director Tamara Jenkins has written a role for the actress that gives us an emotional but strong performance as Rachel Biegler. Rachel has been…
"Private Life: A Very Personal Film"