No doubt Jennifer Lopez currently is queen of the failing rom-com genre, a once-vibrant Hollywood staple that studios sadly relegated mostly to streaming in recent times. Of course there have been exceptions that made a splash in theaters, notably sleeper hit Anyone but You in 2024. Generally, though, this isn’t the case, at least for […]
No doubt Jennifer Lopez currently is queen of the failing rom-com genre, a once-vibrant Hollywood staple that studios sadly relegated mostly to streaming in recent times. Of course there have been exceptions that made a splash in theaters, notably sleeper hit Anyone but You in 2024. Generally, though, this isn’t the case, at least for […]
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Our History” and “Seasickness,” the sixth and seventh episodes of “Widow’s Bay,” now streaming on Apple TV. Betty Gilpin felt like she was haunting the cast of “Widow’s Bay.” Apple TV’s horror-comedy from creator Katie Dippold had already shot its first season when Gilpin arrived on set to […]
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Our History” and “Seasickness,” the sixth and seventh episodes of “Widow’s Bay,” now streaming on Apple TV. Betty Gilpin felt like she was haunting the cast of “Widow’s Bay.” Apple TV’s horror-comedy from creator Katie Dippold had already shot its first season when Gilpin arrived on set to […]
Sometimes, it feels like there aren't any new ideas under the sun. Although there's some truth in that assertion, given how the ever-churning IP machine tends to dominate film and television, franchise name recognition has always factored into which projects do and don't see the light of day. The "there's nothing new under the sun" adage has always been true, and that's not always a bad thing. Tropes exist because we can only tell so many variations of a story; innovation often boils down to re-
Sometimes, it feels like there aren't any new ideas under the sun. Although there's some truth in that assertion, given how the ever-churning IP machine tends to dominate film and television, franchise name recognition has always factored into which projects do and don't see the light of day. The "there's nothing new under the sun" adage has always been true, and that's not always a bad thing. Tropes exist because we can only tell so many variations of a story; innovation often boils down to re-envisioning genres from the ground up.
Betty Gilpin is opening up about her birthing scene in the new Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein romantic comedy “Office Romance.” “Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when I first saw the prosthetic vagina,” Gilpin told me at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “I had a nervous breakdown and then I was like, ‘Oh, but […]
Betty Gilpin is opening up about her birthing scene in the new Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein romantic comedy “Office Romance.” “Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when I first saw the prosthetic vagina,” Gilpin told me at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “I had a nervous breakdown and then I was like, ‘Oh, but […]
There’s no meet-cute in “Office Romance,” but the way its lovers meet is pretty cute just the same. Formidable airline CEO Jackie Cruz (Jennifer Lopez) summons her new company lawyer Daniel Blanchflower (Brett Goldstein) to her office, and he walks in to see what, in cinematic terms, we shall term the full J-Lo: She’s facing […]
There’s no meet-cute in “Office Romance,” but the way its lovers meet is pretty cute just the same. Formidable airline CEO Jackie Cruz (Jennifer Lopez) summons her new company lawyer Daniel Blanchflower (Brett Goldstein) to her office, and he walks in to see what, in cinematic terms, we shall term the full J-Lo: She’s facing […]
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