Directed by Jonathan Levine Long Shot is a pretty wholesome modern, political rom com. It’s the love story between the Secretary of State (Charlize Theron) and an idealistic, over-enthusiastic out of work journalist (Seth Rogen). They meet by happenstance, as people do in rom coms, and because she once babysat him when they were teenagers … Continue reading Long Shot (2019)
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Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
Directed by Christian Papierniak Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town is a punk rock little movie made in the style of something from the early 90s, deeply colored with qualities of other Gen X movies. Mackenzie Davis plays Izzy, down on her luck and stewing in her own misery. When she learns that her ex-boyfriend Roger (Alex … Continue reading Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
Tully (2018)
Directed by Jason Reitman Tully, the third collaboration between writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, is a story about motherhood. Like Juno and Young Adult, this is a human comedy, sensitive to its characters and what plagues them. The humor in these movies feels real, sometimes painfully so. The Charlize Theron character in Young Adult might feel … Continue reading Tully (2018)