Kicking off just before the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the film follows the rocky trajectory of two of Ailes’ most famous accusers: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman). Each one is at a different point in her career and is weighing different stakes: Kelly’s star …
Charlize Theron stars as Marlo, the aforementioned beleaguered, desperately-seeking-sleep mom, who’s just given birth to child #3 and is about ready to snap due to the mounting pressures of child-rearing – especially when it comes to her young son (Asher Miles Fallica) with behavioral issues – and her increasingly inert relationship with her fairly useless …
If you saw stupendously gorgeous Mavis Gary (played by stupendously gorgeous Charlize Theron) out on the prowl in the big city, fully made-up, and draped in a cocktail dress, you’d probably step aside in awe. A woman like that must have an amazing life. Shoot, she carries herself like she has an amazing life. But, …
Mad Max: Fury Road, more so than any of its Mel Gibson, 1980s predecessors, is simply one long car chase. I actually checked my watch at the first point that the action took a breath, and the movie was a full half hour in. If you want an action movie, there is no use pretending …
Take Sylvia (Charlize Theron) for instance. We first meet her as she wakes up in bed with a man and immediately dismisses him. Naked, she walks to the window and looks out just as a couple of kids and their mothers are walking by. Now, Charlize is one gorgeous woman, everyone knows that. But this …
In the years before Jack Sparrow took over the multiplex every other summer and adorned everything from cereal boxes to alarm clocks, a Johnny Depp movie was something to behold. This quirky loner who refused to conform to Hollywood standards could be counted upon to deliver an intriguing performance regardless of the material, and everything …
Shoot, it seems like a couple months ago that SIFF just ended, but here we are at the beginning of a new, month-long orgy of movie-ness that is The Seattle International Film Festival! Now, normally I don’t go to Opening Night, mainly because no one hands me a free ticket (you have to admit, $50 …
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