Allison Janney

I’m typically not a fan of modern cinematic interpretations of classic television. Let’s face it, Hollywood doesn’t really have the best track record with these types of movies. All I have to do is point to films like Land of the Lost, Speed Racer, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right to make my point. Thankfully though, Mr. Peabody & Sherman doesn’t follow suit ...[Read More]

Eddie Murphy has been known for roles where he has been a motor mouth, talking himself out of some pretty crazy predicaments. He’s been a police hostage negotiator in Metro, a con artist in Trading Places and The Distinguished Gentleman and an annoying donkey in Shrek who did everything but shut up. Now he’s back in another fast talking role in, A Thousand Words, where he has no choice but to shut...[Read More]

I, as did many women in this country, read the book The Help, so the movie was on warning in my head to deliver the goods and stay true to Kathryn Stockett’s novel, or else. It did. And one of the reasons it succeeded is the fact that Stockett’s childhood friend (since the age of five) Tate Taylor serves as both writer and director of the new film adaptation. Taylor (a mostly unknown actor who had...[Read More]