Archive for February, 2007

Preview: Penelope

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Penelope is a woman with a pig nose, no friends, and a concerned mother (played by the mom from Home Alone). This seems to be basically Beauty and the Beast in reverse. This time the beast is a woman, and the beauty is a guy with a British accent. Here’s my prediction for how this [...]

Review: Hollywoodland

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Hollywoodland explores the suicide of “Adventures of Superman” star George Reeves, which quickly became one of Hollywood’s most controversial deaths. Was it a suicide of a troubled actor whose career was fading? Or did somebody want him dead?
Reeves’s mother believes her son was murdered, and hires a private detective, Louis Simo (Adrien Brody), [...]