Where Are the Women? Life
There is no significant female presence here. Women make brief appearances as girlfriends, exes, and mother figures, but have little impact on the men.
Life
Life movie review: how not to be famous
A smart, wistful exploration of art, ambition, and celebrity, with appealingly melancholic performances by Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty review: Ben Stiller’s excellent adventure
A cheery, airy fairy tale filled with a very modern ache and buoyed by an infectious joy. I love this movie.
Toy Story 2 (review)
Funnier and more touching and meaningful than its predecessor, Toy Story 2 is the rare sequel that improves upon its progenitor — and, considering how wondrous Toy Story was, that’s saying something. Toy Story — as funny and fun as it was — was also bursting with joy, with the delight the filmmakers obviously took in bringing a roomful of toys to life. Toy Story realized that secret childhood fantasy we all had, that our toys had lives of their own, that they played with one another when we weren’t around.
