Whether or not Flower is hitting theaters in the wake of Lady Bird’s success might never be known. However, Flower provides a stark contrast for audiences to see the difference between two female perspective coming of age stories. One is meant to inspire, touch audiences and reach beyond comedy and entertainment. This one is a […]
No confusion in what you are seeing with this title. Of all the misleading and poorly appropriated feature film titles at SXSW, The Most Hated Woman in America is the most accurate. Writer/director Tommy O’Haver (Ella Enchanted) can’t take credit for the title; Atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair both earned and claimed that prestigious title.
Early buzz from the Sundance Film Festival this year was that Sleeping With Other People, director Leslye Headland’s second feature film, was an overwhelming crowd-pleaser. So I was a bit disappointed to find out that the plot seems recycled from other mainstream romantic comedies like No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits. There is
Director Scott Cooper certainly hit the ground running with his directorial debut “Crazy Heart” back in 2009 earning lead actor Jeff Bridges an Academy Award. His sophomore feature “Into the Furnace” in 2013 was hyped as an awards vehicle for lead Christian Bale, but that didn’t pan out so well after people saw the film.
Having seen two mild comedies at SXSW back to back I would like to compare why one works and one doesn’t.
To quote myself from my review of Hot Tub Time Machine back in 2010, “This is the dumbest script I have ever read, let’s get it made.” Likely what producers or a studio head told Josh Heald when he presented this idea, it rings just as true for the sequel, which has abandoned original star