Hulu’s adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere premiered at the very beginning of the 2020 Covid lockdown, and although it was nominated for several big Emmys that fall, the miniseries has become very fuzzy in my memory. One thing I do remember, however, is that in selecting the daughters of Reese Witherspoon’s character, the casting team found a pair of young actresses — Jade Pettyjohn and Megan Stott — who absolutely bore an uncanny resemblance to Reese Witherspoon.
Actually, I’d forgotten even that detail before sitting down to watch the new Netflix drama Penelope and immediately recognizing Stott — in large part because, if you’re going to make what is essentially an eight-part YA version of Wild, selecting a certifiable Reese Witherspoon doppelgänger as your lead makes a lot of sense.
Presumably, it isn’t wholly a coincidence. Penelope was created by Mark Duplass, who co-stars with Witherspoon on The Morning Show,...
Actually, I’d forgotten even that detail before sitting down to watch the new Netflix drama Penelope and immediately recognizing Stott — in large part because, if you’re going to make what is essentially an eight-part YA version of Wild, selecting a certifiable Reese Witherspoon doppelgänger as your lead makes a lot of sense.
Presumably, it isn’t wholly a coincidence. Penelope was created by Mark Duplass, who co-stars with Witherspoon on The Morning Show,...
- 9/23/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The idea of youth escaping into a large section of woods so as to start life anew is a plot device not at all unexplored prior, seen in films as recently as 2013’s “The Kings of Summer,” while literature will always have “My Side of the Mountain. “In “Penelope, “the concept gets the episodic treatment, but if the premiere is any indicator, this is one project with the potential to captivate in its own unique way.
Continue reading ‘Penelope’ Review: A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot Sets Up Something Potentially Outstanding [Sundance] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Penelope’ Review: A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot Sets Up Something Potentially Outstanding [Sundance] at The Playlist.
- 1/29/2024
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
With each new month comes the same old lesson about catching all your favorite movies before they leave Netflix. If you haven’t watched The Naked Gun yet, you should do that is what I’m saying. But what do you get in return? A lot actually! We get the original series Fuller House and Judd Apatow’s Love. They’re also adding the final season of Mad Men, the first season of Better Call Saul, and one of the most popular teen movies of all time, Cruel Intentions.
On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 2/1/16
A Picture of You (2014)
Armageddon (1998)
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
A Faster Horse...
On the Amazon Prime front, check out below to see what you’ll be able to stream for free and what’s going to have a cost. Let’s watch!
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 2/1/16
A Picture of You (2014)
Armageddon (1998)
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
A Faster Horse...
- 2/1/2016
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Original series coming to Netflix in February, include Judd Apatow's "Love," starring Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs; "Fuller House;" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny," the sequel to the 2000 Oscar-winning Ang Lee movie.
You can also catch up with the first season of "Better Call Saul" and the final season of "Mad Men."
Also debuting, several 2015 films, including the well-reviewed indie "Dope" and French director Gasper Noe's controversial "Love" (not to be confused with the Apatow comedy series!)
Here's the full list of what's new on Netflix in February 2016.
Available Feb. 1, 2016
"A Picture of You" (2014)
"Armageddon" (1998)
"Better Call Saul": Season 1
"Charlie's Angels" (2000)
"Collateral Damage" (2002)
"Cruel Intentions" (1999)
"A Faster Horse" (2015)
"Full Metal Jacket" (1987)
"Game Face" (2015)
"Jennifer 8" (1992)
"Johnny English" (2003)
"The Little Engine That Could (2011)
"The Lizzie Borden Chronicles": Season 1
"Losing Isaiah (1995)
"Masha's Tales": Season 1
"My Side of the Mountain" (1969)
"Para Elisa" (2012)
"Pokémon: Xy":...
You can also catch up with the first season of "Better Call Saul" and the final season of "Mad Men."
Also debuting, several 2015 films, including the well-reviewed indie "Dope" and French director Gasper Noe's controversial "Love" (not to be confused with the Apatow comedy series!)
Here's the full list of what's new on Netflix in February 2016.
Available Feb. 1, 2016
"A Picture of You" (2014)
"Armageddon" (1998)
"Better Call Saul": Season 1
"Charlie's Angels" (2000)
"Collateral Damage" (2002)
"Cruel Intentions" (1999)
"A Faster Horse" (2015)
"Full Metal Jacket" (1987)
"Game Face" (2015)
"Jennifer 8" (1992)
"Johnny English" (2003)
"The Little Engine That Could (2011)
"The Lizzie Borden Chronicles": Season 1
"Losing Isaiah (1995)
"Masha's Tales": Season 1
"My Side of the Mountain" (1969)
"Para Elisa" (2012)
"Pokémon: Xy":...
- 1/25/2016
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
"The Sitter" hits theaters today, featuring Jonah Hill as an inept, aimless slacker who agrees to babysit a neighbor's kids only to end up having a wild night involving high-speed car chases, an insane drug dealer, and more explosions than a Michael Bay film.
"Pineapple Express" and "Your Highness" director David Gordon Green was the man behind the camera for "The Sitter," and he recently explained to IFC why the film is yet another ode to '80s cinema, and why he considers it a "family movie" despite its "R" rating.
IFC: When we were talking about the trailer for "The Sitter," you mentioned that it was the product of your love for 1980s comedies. What was it about those films that you tried to capture with "The Sitter"?
David Gordon Green: I like movies about guys who have poor decision-making skills. Movies like that provide a lot of comic opportunity.
"Pineapple Express" and "Your Highness" director David Gordon Green was the man behind the camera for "The Sitter," and he recently explained to IFC why the film is yet another ode to '80s cinema, and why he considers it a "family movie" despite its "R" rating.
IFC: When we were talking about the trailer for "The Sitter," you mentioned that it was the product of your love for 1980s comedies. What was it about those films that you tried to capture with "The Sitter"?
David Gordon Green: I like movies about guys who have poor decision-making skills. Movies like that provide a lot of comic opportunity.
- 12/9/2011
- by Rick Marshall
- ifc.com
I never saw Robert Radnitz in slacks or a suit. No matter what the occasion, in pitch meetings at studios and networks, at dinners or funerals, the white-haired, dashing producer ("A Dog of Flanders," "Misty," "My Side of the Mountain," "Sounder") wore only Fila white tennis clothes, a white polo, white shorts and white sneakers. If it was chilly in his always dangerous Malibu Pacific Coast Highway cabana, he covered his tennis attire with a white cable sweater. Moving seemlessly through features and television, Radnitz, high-strung and always on the edge, enjoyed Southern...
- 10/30/2011
- by Arthur Axelman
- The Wrap
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