Beautiful Creatures (review)
If only movies could be not tossed aside lightly but thrown with great force…
Emma Thompson
Beautiful Creatures (trailer)
I am unaccountably intrigued by this…
Brave (review)
Finally! Pixar gives us a fully fledged, well-rounded, beautifully developed female protagonist, with a complex, provocative personal journey that is hers alone. A film of her own!
Men in Black III (review)
A time travel plot can feel like a huge narrative swindle if not handled correctly. But there’s no big do-over button hovering over this tale. Nope: the timey-wimey stuff here is clever, funny, thrilling, even poignant.
cinematic roots of: ‘My Soul to Take’
In My Soul to Take, Wes Craven warms up some horror leftovers in a tale about a serial killer whose soul has (maybe) been reborn into the body of one of a gaggle of small-town teenagers. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
what she said: Emma Thompson…
…on what women in movies need to do to make their voices heard…
cinematic roots of: ‘Nanny McPhee Returns’ (aka ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’)
In *Nanny McPhee Returns,* Emma Thompson’s stern, scary babysitter teaches a gaggle of monstrous brats a couple of things about being civilized people. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
quick list: five great Jeff Goldblum performances
I remember when Jeff Goldblum used to be the *star* of movies…
Nanny McPhee Returns (aka Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) (review)
There is a sorry tradition among children’s movies of late that dictates that bratty kids are adorable…
what he said: Peter Bradshaw at the ‘Guardian’ Film blog …
You haven’t heard what Emma Thompson said about Audrey Hepburn? Tee-hee!
