New Netflix series Running Point is a sport/comedy show that stars Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, a newly appointed President of the family business, the LA Waves basketball team.
Additional key cast includes Brenda Song, Max Greenfield and Scott MacArthur.
I’m into the vibes that align with Rebecca Welton, Hannah Waddingham’s fun character in my favourite show of 2020, Ted Lasso. I also like the Hudson/Song pairing.
I say, bring on the humour and Isla’s ‘rising to the occasion’.
Drew Tarver, Chet Hanks, J.P. Manoux, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Nicholas Sayed and Jay Elis also star.
What Men Want (2019), Taraji P. Henson, Paramount Pictures
What Women Want (2000), the Nancy Meyers-directed comedy starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, is definitely a movie I remember enjoying. I only wish that I could say the same about the movie’s recent remake, What Men Want.
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Max Greenfield and Tracy Morgan, the plot of both movies is centred around an executive who wakes up at the hospital after an accident, and is suddenly able to hear the thoughts of the opposite sex. This is clearly a predicament that lends itself well to comedy. It’s just that there are very few laughs to be had in director Adam Shankman’s film.
The biggest issue with Shankman’s movie is the disappointing script. The clichéd and seemingly lazy plot choices made continuing to watch What Men Want a tedious and humourless endeavour. Furthermore, there are a number of decisions made by Henson’s character that I just didn’t buy as something she would do or allow to happen, whether drunk and upset or not.
Where acting skills are concerned, I’m quite sure that What Men Want isn’t close to the best we’ve seen from Henson. I wish very much that I could pinpoint a favourite dramatic/humorous moment. Unfortunately, all that really comes to mind as favourites are the black and white hounds-tooth jacket and the movie’s sunny location.
If you’re very curious, sure, take a chance and give Shankman’s movie a go. Otherwise, you’re probably better off watching What Women Want (2000) instead.
The perfectly titled The Glass Castle stars Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts. Written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the story centres around a young girl’s coming of age in a poor, dysfunctional family of non-conformist nomads.
The subject matter, this trailer and the actors involved have me so interested in this film.
Stories about parent/offspring relationships, especially once the children are grown up, are always interesting to me. Also, what wonderful roles these are for all the actors involved.
Sally field and Max Greenfield are the stars of Hello, My Name Is Doris, the story of a mature woman who romantically pursues a much younger man.
This kind of tale certainly isn’t the sort of thing you see in movies everyday, so, naturally I had to meet Doris for myself. In meeting Doris, I got to learn about her story and how it relates to her current choices.
There are a few dramatic and funny moments in this movie. However, what sticks most in my mind are the scenes that were so uncomfortable to watch that averting my gaze just had to happen. By uncomfortable, I’m referring to the situations the characters get themselves into as opposed to the films execution, which, overall is ok.
The actors did well with their performances but I didn’t like Hello, My Name Is Dorisenough for the uncomfortable moments to be worth it. What I did like a lot is the following quote because the meaning is just what a chronic procrastinator like myself needs to remember, always.
‘There are seven days in a week and someday isn’t one of them’
I also like that Hello My Name Is Doris helped me to conclude that essentially, we’re all stalkers when we find something /someone we like enough. But of course, as is the case with most things, there are levels and I for one am on the ‘no restraining order necessary’ category.
I can’t be sure that I’ve ever seen Sally field play a leading role before, but I like the idea of Hello, My Name Is Doris.
As is the case for many (I’m guessing), Sally Field’s role as Mrs. Gump in Forrest Gump (1994) will forever be the one that sticks in mind when I here her name. A good thing since the movie is brilliant.
Directed by Michael Showalter, I’m expecting Hello, My Name Is Doris to be funny and, a refreshingly welcome kind of different.
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