Motherland follows Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), who always wanted her kids to be brought up like she was — by her mother. But instead her mom has abandoned her, so now she is thrown head first into the Motherland where it’s sink or swim. The series is co-created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Holly Walsh and Helen […]
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Sneak Peek: Into The Woods: Anna Kendrick Sings
One of the highlights of Into The Woods is the moment that Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) realises that the Prince is pretty smart. Follow the jump to hear her sing On the Steps of the Palace. Into The Woods opens on Christmas Day.
Bad Teacher – Not As Good As It Should Have Been; Not As Bad As It Could Have Been!
Thanks to the heights reached by Judd Apatow’s comedy factory, the old standards no longer apply. To be a great – even good – R-rated comedy, such a movie has to have a balance between crudity and heart. Too much of one or the other and it just doesn’t work. Jake Kasdan’s Bad Teacher actually […]
DVD: Dinner For Schmucks Absurd Comedy Is Just Mean Enough!
Dinner for Schmucks is an American remake of a much darker French farce called Le Diner de Cons [loosely translated, The Dinner Game]. It is built around the idea that Tim Conrad [Paul Rudd] can win a promotion not because of a brilliant idea he pitches at a board meeting of Fender Financial, but by […]