From Disney darling to pop star, Dove Cameron's career has undergone quite the evolution since she began acting in her early teens. The versatile actor's earliest fans grew up alongside her as she played identical twins "Liv and Maddie" for four seasons on the hit Disney Channel show. But Cameron's professional acting career began even earlier, when she memorably guest-starred in two episodes of "Shameless" as Holly Herkimer, a young woman who was interested in Lip Gallagher (Jeremy Allen White).
Cameron's early work in "Shameless" and "Liv and Maddie" showed off the actor's range. Right from the start of her career, it was clear she could pull off comedic and dramatic roles, just as she could pivot between family-friendly fare and more daring projects. In recent years, she's continued to challenge herself as an actor with roles in B.J. Novak's directorial debut, "Vengeance" and Hulu's comedic...
Cameron's early work in "Shameless" and "Liv and Maddie" showed off the actor's range. Right from the start of her career, it was clear she could pull off comedic and dramatic roles, just as she could pivot between family-friendly fare and more daring projects. In recent years, she's continued to challenge herself as an actor with roles in B.J. Novak's directorial debut, "Vengeance" and Hulu's comedic...
- 4/19/2023
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
Gabriel Basso is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Hillbilly Elegy (2020) and The Night Agent.
Gabriel Basso Biography: Early Life, Age, Family, Education
Gabriel Basso was born on December 11, 1994 (Gabriel Basso: Age 28) in St. Louis, Missouri to Marcie and Louis Basso Jr. He was homeschooled with his sisters, Alexandria and Annalise Basso.
Gabriel Basso Biography: Career
Basso’s first acting roles were in the 2007 movies Meet Bill and Alice Upside Down, although he went uncredited. His first credited role was in Alabama Moon in 2009. Some of his other movie credits include Super 8 (2011), The Kings of Summer (2013), The Hive (2014), Barely Lethal (2015), American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020).
In Hillbilly Elegy, Basso starred as J.D. Vance as he looks back on his troubled childhood in Middletown, Ohio. As a child, J.D. and his sister Lindsay (Haley Bennett) lived with his grandmother, Mamaw (Glenn Close), as...
Gabriel Basso Biography: Early Life, Age, Family, Education
Gabriel Basso was born on December 11, 1994 (Gabriel Basso: Age 28) in St. Louis, Missouri to Marcie and Louis Basso Jr. He was homeschooled with his sisters, Alexandria and Annalise Basso.
Gabriel Basso Biography: Career
Basso’s first acting roles were in the 2007 movies Meet Bill and Alice Upside Down, although he went uncredited. His first credited role was in Alabama Moon in 2009. Some of his other movie credits include Super 8 (2011), The Kings of Summer (2013), The Hive (2014), Barely Lethal (2015), American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020).
In Hillbilly Elegy, Basso starred as J.D. Vance as he looks back on his troubled childhood in Middletown, Ohio. As a child, J.D. and his sister Lindsay (Haley Bennett) lived with his grandmother, Mamaw (Glenn Close), as...
- 4/2/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
Home to films like “Lady Bird,” “Eighth Grade” and “Mid90s,” A24 is synonymous with a certain brand of indie, auteur-driven coming-of-age story. The company’s latest is “Funny Pages,” the debut feature film from writer-director Owen Kline (who you might recognize as Frank from “The Squid and the Whale”). Set in the suburbs of New Jersey, “Funny Pages” follows Robert (Daniel Zolghadri), a talented high schooler determined to make his way as a cartoonist. When his beloved teacher suddenly passes away, he rebels against his upper-middle class upbringing and abandons future plans to attend art school.
Robert’s decision to drop out of school, rent sketchy (i.e. illegal) lodgings in a boiler room and take a low-paying assistant job bring him into the path of Wallace (Matthew Maher), a former employee at one of the comic magazines Robert idolizes. With the singular goal of getting Wallace to mentor him,...
Robert’s decision to drop out of school, rent sketchy (i.e. illegal) lodgings in a boiler room and take a low-paying assistant job bring him into the path of Wallace (Matthew Maher), a former employee at one of the comic magazines Robert idolizes. With the singular goal of getting Wallace to mentor him,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
And just like that, winter has come again. HBO Max’s list of new releases for August 2022 is highlighted by the return of the king. Or more accurately: the return of the queen … of the Seven Kingdoms.
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is set to premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Aug. 21, just over three years after Game of Thrones concluded in controversial fashion with “The Iron Throne.” This new series is a prequel, depicting the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons from George R.R. Martin’s lore. When dragon fights dragon, the realm will be torn asunder. But the viewer will certainly delight in all the Targaryen action.
Read more TV How House of the Dragon Is Approaching the Game of Thrones Ending Backlash By David Crow TV House of the Dragon: What Rickard Stark Means for the Game of Thrones Spinoff...
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is set to premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Aug. 21, just over three years after Game of Thrones concluded in controversial fashion with “The Iron Throne.” This new series is a prequel, depicting the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons from George R.R. Martin’s lore. When dragon fights dragon, the realm will be torn asunder. But the viewer will certainly delight in all the Targaryen action.
Read more TV How House of the Dragon Is Approaching the Game of Thrones Ending Backlash By David Crow TV House of the Dragon: What Rickard Stark Means for the Game of Thrones Spinoff...
- 8/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
An impressive slate of A24 films are coming to HBO Max next month, including Oscar-winners like 2015’s “Room” and Alex Garland’s directorial debut “Ex Machina.”
A total of 28 A24 films will arrive on the streamer on Aug. 1, timed to the studio’s tenth anniversary and marking the largest collection of A24 films made available to stream on the platform. Much of the lineup consists of films released prior to 2016, when A24 was still a distribution house and not yet the full-fledged studio it is today.
Some buzzy titles such as “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Eighth Grade,” “Mid90s” and dozens more are not on this list because of prior deals the studio set up with other streamers. Most A24 films can be found on Apple TV+ and Showtime, who set up deals to serve as the home for a number of their digital releases in 2018 and 2019, respectively. But as those deals near a close,...
A total of 28 A24 films will arrive on the streamer on Aug. 1, timed to the studio’s tenth anniversary and marking the largest collection of A24 films made available to stream on the platform. Much of the lineup consists of films released prior to 2016, when A24 was still a distribution house and not yet the full-fledged studio it is today.
Some buzzy titles such as “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Eighth Grade,” “Mid90s” and dozens more are not on this list because of prior deals the studio set up with other streamers. Most A24 films can be found on Apple TV+ and Showtime, who set up deals to serve as the home for a number of their digital releases in 2018 and 2019, respectively. But as those deals near a close,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Ellen Page and Paris Berelc have boarded gaming comedy “1Up,” with Kyle Newman directing in what could be the first feature film for BuzzFeed Studios.
Berelc will portray a gamer who quits her college esports team due to sexism from her male counterparts. To keep her scholarship, she’s forced to assemble an all-female team and enlists the help of a coach — portrayed by Page — who has a gaming scandal in her past.
The script is written by Julia Yorks. BuzzFeed’s Richard Alan Reid is producing along with Michael Philip and Jason Moring. Production is expected to begin in Toronto in November.
Page stars in the Netflix series “Umbrella Academy” as Vanya Hargreeves. She was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for 2007’s comedy-drama “Juno” and has credits on “Inception,” “Tallulah,” “Whip It” and portrayed Kitty Pryde in “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Berelc will portray a gamer who quits her college esports team due to sexism from her male counterparts. To keep her scholarship, she’s forced to assemble an all-female team and enlists the help of a coach — portrayed by Page — who has a gaming scandal in her past.
The script is written by Julia Yorks. BuzzFeed’s Richard Alan Reid is producing along with Michael Philip and Jason Moring. Production is expected to begin in Toronto in November.
Page stars in the Netflix series “Umbrella Academy” as Vanya Hargreeves. She was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for 2007’s comedy-drama “Juno” and has credits on “Inception,” “Tallulah,” “Whip It” and portrayed Kitty Pryde in “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- 10/30/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios is working with U.S. outfits Nice Media Studios and Windowseat Pictures to develop Cj Tudor’s novel The Chalk Man into a six-part TV series.
BBC Studios has attached The Boy With The Top Knot and Single Father writer Mick Ford to adapt the Sunday Times bestseller. The project is housed with BBC Studios’ drama team in the north of England, which is currently making Sean Bean and Stephen Graham series Time.
The Chalk Man tells the story of five 1990s school students who, inspired by a teacher, start leaving each other secret messages in chalk. But the fun is halted when the chalk drawings lead them to the dead body of a 17-year-old girl. Fast forward 30 years and one of the boys, Eddie, receives a stick of chalk and drawing in the post, forcing the chalk men to face their haunting memories all over again.
BBC Studios has attached The Boy With The Top Knot and Single Father writer Mick Ford to adapt the Sunday Times bestseller. The project is housed with BBC Studios’ drama team in the north of England, which is currently making Sean Bean and Stephen Graham series Time.
The Chalk Man tells the story of five 1990s school students who, inspired by a teacher, start leaving each other secret messages in chalk. But the fun is halted when the chalk drawings lead them to the dead body of a 17-year-old girl. Fast forward 30 years and one of the boys, Eddie, receives a stick of chalk and drawing in the post, forcing the chalk men to face their haunting memories all over again.
- 10/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Saturday Night Live alum Finesse Mitchell is set as a series regular opposite Jason Biggs, Maggie Lawson and Tisha Campbell in Fox’s new multi-cam family comedy Outmatched.
Written and executive produced by La to Vegas creator Lon Zimmet, Outmatched is about a blue-collar couple, Mike and Cay, played by Biggs and Lawson, in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses.
Mitchell will play Irwin, Mike’s best friend and co-worker in construction. Irwin is Rita’s (Campbell) husband, but it’s clear she wears the pants and makes the decisions in the family. He’s a former jock. He’s a laid back and confident guy’s guy. More handsome than he is smart. People are drawn to him. He’s one of those hot guys who assumes everyone is getting a free cookie with their coffee,...
Written and executive produced by La to Vegas creator Lon Zimmet, Outmatched is about a blue-collar couple, Mike and Cay, played by Biggs and Lawson, in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses.
Mitchell will play Irwin, Mike’s best friend and co-worker in construction. Irwin is Rita’s (Campbell) husband, but it’s clear she wears the pants and makes the decisions in the family. He’s a former jock. He’s a laid back and confident guy’s guy. More handsome than he is smart. People are drawn to him. He’s one of those hot guys who assumes everyone is getting a free cookie with their coffee,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The gas-fueled drama, Trading Paint comes to Blu-ray (plus DVD & Digital), DVD, and Digital on May 21 from Lionsgate.
Start your engines as an action-packed racing movie speeds into your home when Trading Paint arrives on Blu-ray (plus DVD & Digital), DVD, and Digital May 21 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available On Demand. Starring Oscar® nominee John Travolta, Toby Sebastian, and Shania Twain, the action-sports movie will keep you enticed from the start all the way to the finish line. The Trading Paint Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99 and $19.98, respectively.Official Synopsis
When their winning streak begins to fail, legendary father and son racing duo Sam (John Travolta) and Cam (Toby Sebastian) have a falling-out. A rival racing giant takes advantage of this rift and offers Cam a lucrative opportunity racing for the adversary. Cam accepts and the gap between father and son grows even bigger.
Start your engines as an action-packed racing movie speeds into your home when Trading Paint arrives on Blu-ray (plus DVD & Digital), DVD, and Digital May 21 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available On Demand. Starring Oscar® nominee John Travolta, Toby Sebastian, and Shania Twain, the action-sports movie will keep you enticed from the start all the way to the finish line. The Trading Paint Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99 and $19.98, respectively.Official Synopsis
When their winning streak begins to fail, legendary father and son racing duo Sam (John Travolta) and Cam (Toby Sebastian) have a falling-out. A rival racing giant takes advantage of this rift and offers Cam a lucrative opportunity racing for the adversary. Cam accepts and the gap between father and son grows even bigger.
- 5/9/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Saturday Night Live alum Finesse Mitchell is set as a series regular opposite Eden Sher in the Sue Heck spinoff, a half-hour single-camera comedy that received a pilot production commitment at ABC, Deadline has confirmed. The p[roject hails from The Middle creators/executive producers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline and studio Warner Bros. TV.
Written by Heisler and Heline, the Untitled Sue Heck Spinoff follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue Heck (Sher) as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago, where she takes a new job at a hotel.
Mitchell will play Hudson, a bartender with a big heart who works at the hotel. He joins fellow series regulars Brock Ciarlelli and Kimberley Crossman.
Heisler and Heline executive produce vie Blackie and Blondie Productions, which produces in association with Warner Bros. TV.
Written by Heisler and Heline, the Untitled Sue Heck Spinoff follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue Heck (Sher) as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago, where she takes a new job at a hotel.
Mitchell will play Hudson, a bartender with a big heart who works at the hotel. He joins fellow series regulars Brock Ciarlelli and Kimberley Crossman.
Heisler and Heline executive produce vie Blackie and Blondie Productions, which produces in association with Warner Bros. TV.
- 10/10/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday Night Live alum Finesse Mitchell will take the stage in his first stand-up special Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me To Tell You, premiering Friday, October 19 at 10 Pm Et/Pt on Showtime.
Directed by Devon Shepard and shot at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, the hour-long special will feature Mitchell taking on everything from L.A. life and staying out of the club to juggling the non-stop demands of marriage, fatherhood and “adult-ing.” You can watch a first-look clip below.
Mitchell became known during a three-year run on Saturday Night Live, creating hilarious characters like “Starrkeisha” and impersonating actor Morgan Freeman and rapper 50 Cent. His other TV credits include Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, Mad Families (opposite Charlie Sheen and Tiffany Haddish), Roadies on Showtime, Media and A.N.T. Farm. His feature film work includes Who’s Your Caddy, The Comebacks, Mad Money and Barely Lethal,...
Directed by Devon Shepard and shot at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, the hour-long special will feature Mitchell taking on everything from L.A. life and staying out of the club to juggling the non-stop demands of marriage, fatherhood and “adult-ing.” You can watch a first-look clip below.
Mitchell became known during a three-year run on Saturday Night Live, creating hilarious characters like “Starrkeisha” and impersonating actor Morgan Freeman and rapper 50 Cent. His other TV credits include Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, Mad Families (opposite Charlie Sheen and Tiffany Haddish), Roadies on Showtime, Media and A.N.T. Farm. His feature film work includes Who’s Your Caddy, The Comebacks, Mad Money and Barely Lethal,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Kayti Burt Aug 26, 2019
Hailee Steinfeld will bring out the modern comedy in an upcoming series on poet Emily Dickinson.
Apple has released our first proper look at Dickinson, the Hailee Steinfeld-led TV series based on poet Emily Dickinson's life. The new comedy series will be set in the 1800s, but will be told with a modern sensibility. The series will explore social and gender constraints of the time told by a writer who doesn’t fit in it.
See related New Barely Lethal Trailer with Hailee Steinfeld vs. Sophie Turner
Here's everything we know...
Dickinson Trailer
The first teaser trailer for Dickinson makes the show look like a very fun time. Set to “I Like Tuh” by Carnage & iLoveMakonnen, it shows Emily Dickinson doing what she wants, i.e. having a good time, in spite of what is expected of her. Check it out...
Video of Dickinson — Official...
Hailee Steinfeld will bring out the modern comedy in an upcoming series on poet Emily Dickinson.
Apple has released our first proper look at Dickinson, the Hailee Steinfeld-led TV series based on poet Emily Dickinson's life. The new comedy series will be set in the 1800s, but will be told with a modern sensibility. The series will explore social and gender constraints of the time told by a writer who doesn’t fit in it.
See related New Barely Lethal Trailer with Hailee Steinfeld vs. Sophie Turner
Here's everything we know...
Dickinson Trailer
The first teaser trailer for Dickinson makes the show look like a very fun time. Set to “I Like Tuh” by Carnage & iLoveMakonnen, it shows Emily Dickinson doing what she wants, i.e. having a good time, in spite of what is expected of her. Check it out...
Video of Dickinson — Official...
- 5/31/2018
- Den of Geek
Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour series about acclaimed 19th century poet Emily Dickinson, Variety has learned.
Hailee Steinfeld will star in the title role. The series is described as a comedic look into Dickinson’s world, exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view.
Alena Smith serves as writer and executive producer, with David Gordon Green attached to direct and executive produce. Anonymous Content’s Alex Goldstone will executive produce along with Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta via Sugar23 Productions and Darlene Hunt. The series is produced by Paul Lee’s wiip, Anonymous Content, and Sugar23.
“Dickinson” will mark Steinfeld’s first regular role on a television series. The actress burst onto the scene at just 14 years old with her Oscar-nominated performance in the...
Hailee Steinfeld will star in the title role. The series is described as a comedic look into Dickinson’s world, exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view.
Alena Smith serves as writer and executive producer, with David Gordon Green attached to direct and executive produce. Anonymous Content’s Alex Goldstone will executive produce along with Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta via Sugar23 Productions and Darlene Hunt. The series is produced by Paul Lee’s wiip, Anonymous Content, and Sugar23.
“Dickinson” will mark Steinfeld’s first regular role on a television series. The actress burst onto the scene at just 14 years old with her Oscar-nominated performance in the...
- 5/30/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
"There's some rumors about you..." Screen Media Films has debuted the first official trailer for an indie thriller titled Josie, starring Sophie Turner (as seen in Barely Lethal, X-Men: Apocalypse, and on "Game of Thrones") as the titular character Josie. The film's plot is actually focused on a mysterious man named Hank, played by Dylan McDermott, who keeps a close eye on her. Josie stirs things up when she arrives in a Southern town called Huntsville, and Hank takes a liking to her, attempting to protect her from a boy she's been spending time with. The film's full cast includes Jack Kilmer, Daeg Faerch, Kurt Fuller, Robin Bartlett, Lombardo Boyar, and George Todd McLachlan. Yeah, this looks like a totally compelling Southern thriller, with a strong lead performance by Turner, who also plays Phoenix in the X-Men movies. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Eric England's Josie, direct...
- 2/7/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We are very happy to present the very first episode of The First Word podcast, a brand new podcast from FirstShowing. Friends Alex Billington (@firstshowing) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) team up to bring you a podcast providing in-depth discussion, analysis, and interviews about the latest movies, and some old ones too. We know there are tons of podcasts out there, and who needs another, but we also just wanted to record our talks and send something out for everyone to listen to if they want. We hope to provide some intriguing insight and different perspectives, along with our honest opinions and feelings about the world of cinema. And of course we'll bring on some guests. Up first - this episode is all about Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, spoilers and all, diving deep into everything about the movie - good and bad. Our special guest on this...
- 12/20/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Daily Podcast: Kyle Newman Discusses The Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie & Star Wars: The Last Jedi Predictions
On the August 18, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Ben Pearson and Brad Oman join Peter Sciretta to discuss the Galaxy Quest tv show news, and in the feature presentation we are joined by filmmaker and Star Wars fanatic Kyle Newman (Fanboys, Barely Lethal) to discuss the big news that Disney is developing an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie and in the Mail Bag we answer a question […]
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- 8/18/2017
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
MaryAnn’s quick take… This pseudo-80s teen dramedy feels like the flip side of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, bursting with generosity and empathy for its forlorn drama queen. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for movies about girls
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Welcome to this year’s one movie about how absolutely awful life is when you’re a teenaged girl. And if we’re only gonna get one a year — and that’s us being lucky — at least 2016’s is the spectacularly good The Edge of Seventeen.
Hailee Steinfeld is sharp and funny and shrewd as a teenaged “old soul”…
Hailee Steinfeld (Barely Lethal, Pitch Perfect 2) is sharp and funny and shrewd as Nadine, a high-school junior in an unnamed American suburb who considers herself an “old soul” whom no one understands, whose existence is...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Welcome to this year’s one movie about how absolutely awful life is when you’re a teenaged girl. And if we’re only gonna get one a year — and that’s us being lucky — at least 2016’s is the spectacularly good The Edge of Seventeen.
Hailee Steinfeld is sharp and funny and shrewd as a teenaged “old soul”…
Hailee Steinfeld (Barely Lethal, Pitch Perfect 2) is sharp and funny and shrewd as Nadine, a high-school junior in an unnamed American suburb who considers herself an “old soul” whom no one understands, whose existence is...
- 12/1/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take…
Forget about magical creatures: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could use some help finding itself, and in figuring out who its protagonist is. I’m “biast” (pro): love the Harry Potter saga, love most of the movies
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Eddie Redmayne
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Forget about magical creatures: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could use some help finding itself. I can’t figure out what this movie is about. Worse, I don’t think director David Yates or screenwriter J.K Rowling even know what their movie is about. It’s barely even about fantastic beasts and where to find them, except to the degree that wizard naturalist Newt Scamander accidentally lets a few escape from his mobile collection lab–research library–menagerie in 1926 New York City and...
Forget about magical creatures: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could use some help finding itself, and in figuring out who its protagonist is. I’m “biast” (pro): love the Harry Potter saga, love most of the movies
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Eddie Redmayne
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Forget about magical creatures: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could use some help finding itself. I can’t figure out what this movie is about. Worse, I don’t think director David Yates or screenwriter J.K Rowling even know what their movie is about. It’s barely even about fantastic beasts and where to find them, except to the degree that wizard naturalist Newt Scamander accidentally lets a few escape from his mobile collection lab–research library–menagerie in 1926 New York City and...
- 11/17/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
It’s supposed to be intense, but it’s just silly. Unless it’s secretly about one woman ridding the world of notorious arms dealers through sly manipulation. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): hated the first movie
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
About halfway through the idiotic dumbness that is Mechanic: Resurrection — the unasked-for sequel to the cesspit of unthinking nihilism and misogyny that was 2011’s The Mechanic — I found myself drifting into a feminist reverie. What if (I imagined, fancying myself in a better, smarter, kinder world) Jessica Alba’s Gina here were the mastermind pulling all the strings behind the scenes? What if, instead of the damsel in distress she appears to be, she is in fact manipulating all the overgrown boys with guns who get off on throwing violent tantrums, twisting them so that instead of spewing...
I’m “biast” (con): hated the first movie
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
About halfway through the idiotic dumbness that is Mechanic: Resurrection — the unasked-for sequel to the cesspit of unthinking nihilism and misogyny that was 2011’s The Mechanic — I found myself drifting into a feminist reverie. What if (I imagined, fancying myself in a better, smarter, kinder world) Jessica Alba’s Gina here were the mastermind pulling all the strings behind the scenes? What if, instead of the damsel in distress she appears to be, she is in fact manipulating all the overgrown boys with guns who get off on throwing violent tantrums, twisting them so that instead of spewing...
- 8/29/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Filtering other people’s stories through the eyes of white men is tedious and offensive, and it feels like a desperate hedge against fresh perspectives. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a problem lately with lots of Hollywood movies… and some not-Hollywood movies, too. The same sorts of stories — often literally the same stories, as with reboots and remakes — are getting told over and over again, and with little apparent notion that what is required is a good reason to tell those same stories again. And here we go again.
To say that tales of Tarzan have been told before is an almost absurd understatement: he has been a mainstay of cinema since the silent era. And while The Legend of Tarzan is only very loosely based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a problem lately with lots of Hollywood movies… and some not-Hollywood movies, too. The same sorts of stories — often literally the same stories, as with reboots and remakes — are getting told over and over again, and with little apparent notion that what is required is a good reason to tell those same stories again. And here we go again.
To say that tales of Tarzan have been told before is an almost absurd understatement: he has been a mainstay of cinema since the silent era. And while The Legend of Tarzan is only very loosely based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs,...
- 8/1/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Following her breakthrough performance in True Grit, the future looked promising for young actress Hailee Steinfeld. Since then, she’s taken on a variety of roles ranging from the likes of satisfactory films such as Begin Again and Ender’s Game to more disappointing projects such as Three Days to Kill and Barely Lethal. But she really […]
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- 7/18/2016
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
About precisely nothing other than pure pulp comic-book soap-opera rigmarole, overshadowed by clichés, implausibilities, and missed opportunities. I’m “biast” (pro): love most of the films in this series
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Everyone knows the third movie is always the worst.” So proclaims mutant telepath Jean Grey in the middle of X-Men: Apocalypse, just around the point when we’ve already for ourselves that that also applies here. Ironically, this happens in a scene in which she and some other teen mutants have gone to the mall to see Return of the Jedi, a scene that exists solely so that she can make this joke… and it’s plot detours and tangents just like this one that are among the many disappointments of the film.
It’s the 1980s now, in this — yes — third installment of the X-Men historical comic-book drama trilogy,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Everyone knows the third movie is always the worst.” So proclaims mutant telepath Jean Grey in the middle of X-Men: Apocalypse, just around the point when we’ve already for ourselves that that also applies here. Ironically, this happens in a scene in which she and some other teen mutants have gone to the mall to see Return of the Jedi, a scene that exists solely so that she can make this joke… and it’s plot detours and tangents just like this one that are among the many disappointments of the film.
It’s the 1980s now, in this — yes — third installment of the X-Men historical comic-book drama trilogy,...
- 5/19/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Fortitude International has released a first look photo from The Bachelors.
The movie stars Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Terminator Genisys, Juno), Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), Josh Wiggins (Hellion, Max, Lost In The Sun) and Odeya Rush (Upcoming Hunter’S Prayer, The Giver, Goosebumps)
Hoping for a fresh start, a widower and his 17-year-old son move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles, where a new job, a new school, a wry old friend and two extraordinary women play a transformative role in the reshaping of their lives.
Fortitude is handling international rights to the film in Cannes.
The comedy drama is written and directed by Kurt Voelker (Sweet November, Park) and produced by Matthew Baer (Unbroken, Maggie, City By The Sea), George Parra (Joy, The Descendants, Silver Linings Playbook), and Windowseat Entertainment’s Joe McKelheer (Barely Lethal, The Hammer) and Bill Kiely (Chasing Giants,...
The movie stars Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Terminator Genisys, Juno), Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), Josh Wiggins (Hellion, Max, Lost In The Sun) and Odeya Rush (Upcoming Hunter’S Prayer, The Giver, Goosebumps)
Hoping for a fresh start, a widower and his 17-year-old son move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles, where a new job, a new school, a wry old friend and two extraordinary women play a transformative role in the reshaping of their lives.
Fortitude is handling international rights to the film in Cannes.
The comedy drama is written and directed by Kurt Voelker (Sweet November, Park) and produced by Matthew Baer (Unbroken, Maggie, City By The Sea), George Parra (Joy, The Descendants, Silver Linings Playbook), and Windowseat Entertainment’s Joe McKelheer (Barely Lethal, The Hammer) and Bill Kiely (Chasing Giants,...
- 5/13/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nobody is safe on the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” and Sophie Turner told GQ magazine that she fears her character Sansa Stark will be the next to get the axe.
In her new interview, the “Barely Lethal” babe explained, “Oh my God, I’m so terrified. It’s crazy. Almost every day we’re on set we’re like, ‘Who do you think is gonna go next?' It’s almost like living in the Blair Witch Project.”
Turner also shared that when a character gets killed off the show, everyone goes out for drinks for a proper send-off. “By now we’re so used to it. We used to have big things when other people died. But there’s so many people who die now, we’re like, ‘Can’t really afford it, man. We’ve been out every night.'”...
In her new interview, the “Barely Lethal” babe explained, “Oh my God, I’m so terrified. It’s crazy. Almost every day we’re on set we’re like, ‘Who do you think is gonna go next?' It’s almost like living in the Blair Witch Project.”
Turner also shared that when a character gets killed off the show, everyone goes out for drinks for a proper send-off. “By now we’re so used to it. We used to have big things when other people died. But there’s so many people who die now, we’re like, ‘Can’t really afford it, man. We’ve been out every night.'”...
- 4/21/2016
- GossipCenter
• only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
- 4/11/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Inexcusably self-indulgent. Tarantino gratifies his enormous self-love and his amusement at his own genius at the expense of all else. I’m “biast” (pro): loved Tarantino’s last two films…
I’m “biast” (con): …but really hate some of his films, too
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Damn. So after the marvels of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino has swung back to the Kill Bill style of filmmaking, which I described in my review of Basterds as a cinematic “circle jerk in which he and his fans get off on one another and how clever they all are to be such rapacious film geeks.” With the inexcusably self-indulgent The Hateful Eight, Tarantino has returned to the gratification of his enormous self-love and his amusement at his own genius at the expense of all else.
There are no characters to like in Eight.
I’m “biast” (con): …but really hate some of his films, too
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Damn. So after the marvels of Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino has swung back to the Kill Bill style of filmmaking, which I described in my review of Basterds as a cinematic “circle jerk in which he and his fans get off on one another and how clever they all are to be such rapacious film geeks.” With the inexcusably self-indulgent The Hateful Eight, Tarantino has returned to the gratification of his enormous self-love and his amusement at his own genius at the expense of all else.
There are no characters to like in Eight.
- 1/11/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Well here it is, my Top 15 films of 2015. If you’ve ever read one of my end of year lists, you’ll know that my choices tend to be a million miles away from the mainstream; and this year is no different! This year has been Amazing for films, I could easily had penned a list of 52 films – one for each week of the year – but instead I managed to narrow down the choices to 28 films quite swiftly. However, to hit this years target of a Top 15 (for 2015 geddit?) it took a hell of a lot of work. I think this list even surprises me – there’s a number of films that going back over the 508[!] films we’ve reviewed here on Nerdly in 2015, at the time I reviewed them, I didn’t expect would stay with me till the end of the very end of the year. Oh, and...
- 12/24/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
At the start of this year, I was intrigued by what looked like a fairly spy-heavy line-up for this year's theatrical releases, and now that we're at the other end of the year, it seems like a good time to look back and see how the year actually played out versus how we thought things might go. One thing that's clear is that there were a ton of spy movies in 2015. If Sony hadn't pushed back the release of "The Brothers Grimsby," it would have been one more, and it makes it obvious why they pushed that film back to next year when you look at just how many spy-themed movies have been released since January. It's an unusual number, and I think it's just one of those flukes of timing. But when you look at all of them stacked up next to one another, it's interesting to see what worked and what didn't,...
- 11/12/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Call this a revisionist feminist postapocalyptic historical western home-invasion horror drama. But even that doesn’t quite do it justice. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
You haven’t seen a movie like this before. Even a wild label like “revisionist feminist postapocalyptic historical western home-invasion horror drama” doesn’t quite do it justice. The Keeping Room is a thrilling experience in how it defies categorization even as it pulls in bits and pieces from various genres in a way that shakes them all up, and in how it finds a fresh perspective on a scenario that is familiar in many of its aspects via the simple yet radical approach of telling its tale through the eyes of women.
This isn’t quite a western: we are not on the untamed frontier but,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
You haven’t seen a movie like this before. Even a wild label like “revisionist feminist postapocalyptic historical western home-invasion horror drama” doesn’t quite do it justice. The Keeping Room is a thrilling experience in how it defies categorization even as it pulls in bits and pieces from various genres in a way that shakes them all up, and in how it finds a fresh perspective on a scenario that is familiar in many of its aspects via the simple yet radical approach of telling its tale through the eyes of women.
This isn’t quite a western: we are not on the untamed frontier but,...
- 10/29/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Fall may be approaching, but Jessica Alba isn't ditching the beach just yet. The sun-kissed actress appears on the cover of the October issue of Self magazine, which features Alba strutting her stuff in the sand in a blush-colored bandeau and matching ruched skirt—the perfect ensemble to hug those killer curves. The Barely Lethal actress keeps her beauty look low-maintenance, opting for a simple messy ponytail and muted makeup. In a second portrait featured in the editorial shot by legendary fashion photographer, Gilles Bensimon, the business mogul is even more stripped down, with untamed curls framing her face and a bare lip and subtle brown smokey eye. The mother of two is juggling...
- 9/22/2015
- E! Online
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl gets sick, but she can still inspire a man to better himself, while also adding a dash of repugnant narcissism to the subgenre. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is going through quite the evolution this summer. First there was Paper Towns, in which a boy is ushered into the realization that MPDGs are people too, though it’s an Mpdg who does the ushering, and whose story we are explicitly informed is not going to be shared with us; she can go be an authentic human being in some other movie, thank you very much. And now we have Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in which the Mpdg becomes a Manic Pixie Cancer Girl who will help a “self-hating” teenaged boy come...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is going through quite the evolution this summer. First there was Paper Towns, in which a boy is ushered into the realization that MPDGs are people too, though it’s an Mpdg who does the ushering, and whose story we are explicitly informed is not going to be shared with us; she can go be an authentic human being in some other movie, thank you very much. And now we have Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in which the Mpdg becomes a Manic Pixie Cancer Girl who will help a “self-hating” teenaged boy come...
- 9/4/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
★★★☆☆ All genres go through cycles and phases. The High School movie is currently deep into a self-referential phase, in thrall to the classics of yesteryear. Barely Lethal (2015) is part of this trend, loudly winking at Mean Girls (2004), Clueless (1995), and even quoting a monologue from The Breakfast Club (1985). If only this lineage were more deeply embedded in its DNA, Barely Lethal it might have been more satisfying than the window-dressing that it is. The premise gives it a leg up on some of its competition. Raised in a secret military programme for training spies, Agent 83 (Hailee Steinfeld, Mvp of this year's Pitch Perfect 2) fakes her own death and escapes, determined to live an ordinary teenage life.
- 8/31/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
A teenaged girl gets to be smart and strong, lost and confused, heroic and vulnerable as she chases what she wants out of life. Hooray.
Click here for the ongoing ranking of 2015’s films for female representation.
Note: This is not a “review” of Barely Lethal! It is simply an examination of how well or how poorly it represents women. (A movie that represents women well can still be a terrible film; a movie that represents women poorly can still be a great film.) Read my review of Barely Lethal.
See the full rating criteria. (Criteria that do not apply to this film have been deleted in this rating for maximum readability.)
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Click here for the ongoing ranking of 2015’s films for female representation.
Note: This is not a “review” of Barely Lethal! It is simply an examination of how well or how poorly it represents women. (A movie that represents women well can still be a terrible film; a movie that represents women poorly can still be a great film.) Read my review of Barely Lethal.
See the full rating criteria. (Criteria that do not apply to this film have been deleted in this rating for maximum readability.)
This project was launched by my generous Kickstarter supporters. You can support this work now by:
• buying some Where Are the Women? merch
• becoming a monthly or yearly subscriber of FlickFilospher.com
• making a pledge at Patreon
• making...
- 8/28/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Charming and funny, a wonderfully sweet and silly mashup of spy stuff and high-school comedies, like if John Hughes made a James Bond movie. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for movies about girls and women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. After Lila & Eve earlier this summer, here’s another example of a film that, if it were about a guy, would have gotten a big splashy release instead of being shuffled off to the land of VOD. (Arguably, American Ultra is sort of a guy version of this. That opened on 2,778 screens in North America. Barely Lethal opened on 22… after it had been on VOD for a month.) The fact that is stars Hailee Steinfeld, one of the most interesting young actors working today, and in a role that shows off comedy chops I don...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Here we go again. After Lila & Eve earlier this summer, here’s another example of a film that, if it were about a guy, would have gotten a big splashy release instead of being shuffled off to the land of VOD. (Arguably, American Ultra is sort of a guy version of this. That opened on 2,778 screens in North America. Barely Lethal opened on 22… after it had been on VOD for a month.) The fact that is stars Hailee Steinfeld, one of the most interesting young actors working today, and in a role that shows off comedy chops I don...
- 8/28/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
45 Years | Straight Outta Compton | Hitman Agent 47 | Zombie Fight Club | Billy Fury: The Sound Of The Fury | We Are Your Friends | Barely Lethal
This insightful drama charts the gradual disintegration of an apparently happy couple. Kate (Rampling) and Geoff (Courtenay) are preparing for their 45th anniversary when they receive startling news: the body of Geoff’s former lover, who died more than 50 years earlier, has been found. The two leads give the performances of their lives as they grapple with buried secrets and dashed hopes.
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This insightful drama charts the gradual disintegration of an apparently happy couple. Kate (Rampling) and Geoff (Courtenay) are preparing for their 45th anniversary when they receive startling news: the body of Geoff’s former lover, who died more than 50 years earlier, has been found. The two leads give the performances of their lives as they grapple with buried secrets and dashed hopes.
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- 8/28/2015
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
In the opening, animated titles to Kyle Newman’s latest endeavour Barely Lethal, we see a situation whereby our protagonist comes out of a secret compartment on an aeroplane, to confront and take out an arab, sitting down with a dastardly grin on his face, reading a book entitled ‘crime’. It’s a frustratingly stereotypical image
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- 8/28/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Just before Fall TV premieres, we often get a bunch of DVD and Blu-ray releases for TV dramas and comedies. As such, it.s not surprising that there are a ton of TV releases coming out this month, including How To Get Away With Murder, Dig, and the Season 5 release of The Walking Dead. There are some good movies, too, of course, and you can check out the August 2015 releases, below. August 4 August 4 Blu-ray And DVD Releases Insurgent Far From The Madding Crowd Child 44 Adult Beginners A Little Chaos How To Get Away With Murder: The Complete First Season DVD Barely Lethal Orphan Black: Season 3 Strike Back: The Complete Third Season The Affair: Season 1Dvd The Knick: The Complete First Season August 11 August 11 Blu-ray And DVD Releases Hot Pursuit 2 Broke Girls: The Complete Season 4 Dig: Season 1 Hell on Wheels: The Complete Fourth Season Person of Interest...
- 7/31/2015
- cinemablend.com
Jessica Alba is the proud mother of two vivacious daughters: Honor Warren, born in 2008, and Haven Warren, born in 2011. But the actress, who founded the Honest Company with Christopher Gavigan in 2011, openly admits that when she first became a parent, a few other mothers made her feel "confused" and "judged." Luckily, Jessica tells Yahoo! Parents, "I found some girlfriends that I could lean on." One of the most debated topics was breastfeeding. "Doesn't it feel like the mean girl thing from high school sort of just transforms into adulthood through motherhood? I think it has to do with hormones, right?" the Barely Lethal actress, 34, wonders. "I mean, this is the first time I'm...
- 7/29/2015
- E! Online
Dan Fogler has been cast in Warner Bros’ upcoming adaptation of the J.K. Rowling book “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” an individual with knowledge of the casting told TheWrap. Fogler will play Jacob, a muggle who befriends wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) as he searches for mystical creatures in 1920s New York. Fogler most recently appeared in “Barely Lethal” alongside Hailee Steinfeld and also played Dave Lindsey in the ABC drama “Secrets and Lies.” He is known for his roles in comedies like “Balls of Fury,” “Kung Fu Panda,” and “Fanboys.” Also Read: Katherine Waterston Joins Eddie Redmayne in 'Fantastic Beasts and.
- 7/10/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Arclight, Ambi, Lakeshore deals among pick-ups.
UK distributor Signature Entertainment secured a raft of completed titles at the Cannes Marche for theatrical release, including Nicolas Cage thriller Dog Eat Dog from Arclight and action-comedy Barely Lethal - with Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L Jackson, Jessica Alba and Sophie Turner – from The Highland Film Group.
Paul Schrader directs Cage in crime-thriller Dog Eat Dog about three men recently released from prison who go on to commit the ‘perfect’ crime but find that their own circumstances, the system and the long arm of the law are never far from getting the better of them.
In Barely Lethal, True Grit actress Steinfeld stars as Megan Walsh, a teenage special ops agent who yearns for a normal adolescence. After faking her own death, she assumes the role of an exchange student and quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of a typical American high school can be even more difficult than international...
UK distributor Signature Entertainment secured a raft of completed titles at the Cannes Marche for theatrical release, including Nicolas Cage thriller Dog Eat Dog from Arclight and action-comedy Barely Lethal - with Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L Jackson, Jessica Alba and Sophie Turner – from The Highland Film Group.
Paul Schrader directs Cage in crime-thriller Dog Eat Dog about three men recently released from prison who go on to commit the ‘perfect’ crime but find that their own circumstances, the system and the long arm of the law are never far from getting the better of them.
In Barely Lethal, True Grit actress Steinfeld stars as Megan Walsh, a teenage special ops agent who yearns for a normal adolescence. After faking her own death, she assumes the role of an exchange student and quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of a typical American high school can be even more difficult than international...
- 6/8/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
You hear all kinds of stories of the great lengths directors go to in order get their actors in the proper frame of mind to achieve their cinematic vision. Shooting his latest movie, the western The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino employed some rather extreme methods to get the just right edge out of his all-star cast, including cranking up the AC. Talking to Collider while promoting his next film, Barely Lethal, Samuel L. Jackson discussed the stern measures Tarantino employed and how it forced the cast to form a tight, unique bond. He said: All of us are so anxious to see this movie because, every day, the work was incredible. It was taxing, in a very interesting way, because we were in the snow, at first, and then we get inside this room. Quentin shot on a refrigerated set, and it was 30 degrees, every day, in there. We were...
- 6/2/2015
- cinemablend.com
Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson had a second film featuring him to take the top spot this year, as his newest feature San Andreas won the box office in its opening weekend, with a total of $53.2 million, matching Johnson’s previous film Furious 7 in its placement. Last week’s box office winner Tomorrowland slipped down to third place in its second week with a total of $13.8 million, while former box office champion Pitch Perfect 2 remained steady in second place, drawing in $14.4 million.
Joss Whedon’s latest feature Avengers: Age of Ultron rounded out the top five for the week, finishing with $10.9 million to edge out new release Aloha, as the Cameron Crowe feature’s $10 million opening landed it in sixth place. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road made $13.6 million in its third weekend, good enough for fourth place. The only other film to hold steady from last weekend was the Dreamworks animated feature Home,...
Joss Whedon’s latest feature Avengers: Age of Ultron rounded out the top five for the week, finishing with $10.9 million to edge out new release Aloha, as the Cameron Crowe feature’s $10 million opening landed it in sixth place. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road made $13.6 million in its third weekend, good enough for fourth place. The only other film to hold steady from last weekend was the Dreamworks animated feature Home,...
- 6/1/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Barely Lethal
USA, 2015
Written by John D’Arco
Directed by Kyle Newman
The problems with the new action-comedy Barely Lethal start with its title. There’s something creepy afoot when a movie leads with a metaphorical elbow in the ribs, informing you that its protagonist is just old enough to kill you by using a pun which implies that she’s also just old enough to have sex with you. Every joke in the film has that same elbow-in-the-ribs quality, desperately trying to let you know how funny it is. Most of its claims to hilarity come up short.
Hailee Steinfeld (an Oscar nominee for the Coen Brothers’ True Grit) plays a nameless teenager raised from a young age to be a super-spy by the flinty Hardman (Samuel L. Jackson). But when a mission to apprehend a rogue arms dealer (Jessica Alba) goes wrong, she is able to fake her...
USA, 2015
Written by John D’Arco
Directed by Kyle Newman
The problems with the new action-comedy Barely Lethal start with its title. There’s something creepy afoot when a movie leads with a metaphorical elbow in the ribs, informing you that its protagonist is just old enough to kill you by using a pun which implies that she’s also just old enough to have sex with you. Every joke in the film has that same elbow-in-the-ribs quality, desperately trying to let you know how funny it is. Most of its claims to hilarity come up short.
Hailee Steinfeld (an Oscar nominee for the Coen Brothers’ True Grit) plays a nameless teenager raised from a young age to be a super-spy by the flinty Hardman (Samuel L. Jackson). But when a mission to apprehend a rogue arms dealer (Jessica Alba) goes wrong, she is able to fake her...
- 5/31/2015
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. "Barely Lethal," is available now On Demand. Need help finding a movie to watch? Let TWC find the best fit for your mood here.] Read More: Watch: New Trailer, Poster and Images For 'Barely Lethal' With Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba and Samuel L. Jackson Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") stars as Megan Walsh and gets a serious wake up call in this clip from "Barely Lethal", as she tries her very best to fit in at high school and brutally fails (it must've had something to do with the double forehead braid). Her ill-tempered first-day buddy (Dove Cameron) is just one of the many obstacles Megan faces as she tries to maintain normalcy in her not-so normal life by faking her death to attend high school instead of training to become an international assassin. Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Alba...
- 5/31/2015
- by Sarah Choi
- Indiewire
While promoting the release of her latest movie Barely Lethal, over on Spinoff Online (via X-Men Films), Game Of Thrones star Sophie Turner briefly touched on playing 'Jean Grey' in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse. Set to step into a role inhabited by Famke Janssen for almost fifteen years, Turner expressed her sheer ecstasy at giving her own take on such a recognizable figure: "Feasting my eyes upon that script was insane! I just think the fact that it’s such an iconic character and so well loved in the comics and stuff that it’s very exciting to be able to take it on. Famke Janssen’s portrayed Jean so well, so beautifully, and it’s nice to kind of – although I’m “young her,” it’s nice to have my own take on it as well and interpret this character, this action superhero the way that I kind of want to.
- 5/31/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
It’s rare to find a film as plagued by identity issues as Barely Lethal. The title suggests a mash-up of Kick-Ass and Clueless, the sort of movie that might be made by someone brought up on a steady (if odd) diet of Tarantino and Hughes. In execution, though, Barely Lethal turns out to be about as edgy as a Disney Channel Original Movie, from the obligatory encounters with cliques to sweeping declarations of young love.
In of itself, that wouldn’t have to be a problem – director Kyle Newman clearly knows high school comedies well, and his film is perfectly serviceable fare as far as that genre goes. But Barely Lethal tries to be more, and that’s where it falls flat. From lifelessly shot car chases and shoddily staged fistfights to a half-hearted attempt to satirize the very kind of movie it ends up becoming, the film misses...
In of itself, that wouldn’t have to be a problem – director Kyle Newman clearly knows high school comedies well, and his film is perfectly serviceable fare as far as that genre goes. But Barely Lethal tries to be more, and that’s where it falls flat. From lifelessly shot car chases and shoddily staged fistfights to a half-hearted attempt to satirize the very kind of movie it ends up becoming, the film misses...
- 5/30/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Pregnancy sure looks good on Jaime King. The blond beauty stunned on the red carpet for the Barely Lethal premiere in Los Angeles last night, where she wore a red strapless Christian Dior frock that accentuated her growing baby bump. King flashed a big smile while posing for photos as she cradled her bun in the oven. And while this isn't the actress' first rodeo in the pregnancy department, she admits that it's still different the second time around. "Pregnancy is pregnancy. I'm feeling good sometimes, and sometimes I'm not feeling good. It's always a roller coaster but I'm always grateful," she began to tell E! News, and then mentioned that contrary to common belief,...
- 5/29/2015
- E! Online
Jaime King glowed on the red carpet at the premiere of Barely Lethal in La on Wednesday. The actress, who is currently expecting her second child, posed with husband Kyle Newman and their 1-year-old son, James. Jaime stars in the action comedy, which Kyle directed, with Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jessica Alba. Despite her CW show Hart of Dixie being cancelled, Jaime will likely have a busy Summer as her pregnancy progresses. One star who will be by her side throughout is Taylor Swift - Jaime announced in March that Taylor would be the godmother to her newborn baby and shared a sweet snap of the singer hugging her belly. Keep reading to see all the cute photos from Jaime's family affair on the red carpet.
- 5/28/2015
- by Brittney-Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Teen action-comedy Barely Lethal is this summer's best film with a truly unfortunate title. Don't let the obnoxious marketing ("Click. Clique. Bang" — really?) fool you: Despite an out-of-left-field donkey-punch joke, Barely Lethal's combination of bawdy humor and earnest affection for its high-school-aged protagonists is surprisingly well-balanced. This film is so inoffensive that even its dick jokes could have been lifted from an especially blue episode of Bunheads. Barely Lethal emulates the recent 21 Jump Street films in its tongue-in-cheek meta-subversion of teen comedy tropes. The main difference is that this film is about a teenage assassin. Megan Walsh (True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld) flees from the Pr...
- 5/27/2015
- Village Voice
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods The Loft (thriller; Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller; rated R) Barely Lethal (comedy; Sophie Turner, Samuel L. Jackson; premieres 5/29 on cable Mod and in theaters; rated PG-13) Results (comedy; Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders; premieres 5/29 on cable Mod and in theaters; rated R) Digital Download: Rent from $4-$7 or own from $13-$20 (HD may cost more than Sd) iTunes Offers the same movies as cable Movies...
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- 5/26/2015
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
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