Half screwball romance, half satire, Little Black Book follows insecure Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy), who has an idyllic relationship with a seemingly great guy named Derek (Ron Livingston) and a job as an associate producer for a daytime talk show that fuses Jerry Springer and Ricki Lake. Then a cynical co-worker named Barb (Holly Hunter) […]
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The Lovely Bones
Director Peter Jackson takes a personal, risky leap in his direction of the film version of Alice Sebold’s bestselling novel The Lovely Bones. His leap pays off, in emotional depth and riveting visuals that transport the viewer to other worlds; even ones the viewer may not want to visit. The Lovely Bones is lofted by […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Series
When heroes alone are not enough, the world needs legends. Having seen the future, traveling rogue Rip Hunter assembles a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront the unstoppable threat of the immortal Vandal Savage (Arthur Darvill) – a threat which not only puts the planet at stake, but all of time itself. […]