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...Land of Women,” Ryan truly does redefine herself, but not in a good way.From the moment she appears on screen, the most captivating aspect of Ryan’s performance is her awkwardly plump lips and painfully stretched and lifted face. Thank you, Hollywood, for sucking the innocence and natural beauty from yet another one of America’s sweethearts.Ryan is barely convincing as a mother, trying to fill the shoes of movie mother greats like Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton, while still holding onto the happy-go-lucky mannerisms of Kathleen Kelly...
...raised hammer, in a manner similar to a shot in Park Chan-Wook's 2003 film Oldboy. Both Cho and the film are originally from South Korea. Both have undergone Americanization: Cho by moving to the U.S. when he was a kid, Oldboy by getting remade as a Hollywood movie that, last I heard, was to come out next year...
...question, the industry pays little attention to critics these days. But it rarely did. In the '40s, when TIME's reviewers were two of the all-time greats, James Agee and Manny Farber, their critiques had zero impact on a film's earnings. Back then, Hollywood courted the gossip columnists and feature writers as assiduously as they woo fanboys and Jon Stewart now. Bart says we don't matter in making a film a hit? Yeah, well, get this, pal: we never mattered...
...Hollywood's marketers have become tremendously efficient at getting their core audience to see their big movies. They don't need critics for that. But critics have a larger utility: to put films in context, to offer an informed perspective, to educate, outrage, entertain. We're just trying to do what every other writer is doing: making sense of one part of your world...
...taping stint in Los Angeles.And so Ruggiero began the world’s most intense interview, avoiding Trump’s wrath through the first nine episodes and securing the position of Project Manager of her team, Kinetic Corporation, for the tenth.Challenged to sell more tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood than Arrow Corporation, Kinetic decided to take advantage of its assets—namely, a roster of cute young women. The team donned short skirts and roller skates along with the wearable ticket vest to turn the customers’ amusement into lucrative sales. Ruggiero, pending a provision for roller...