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I really can't wait to see the adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's This is Where I Leave You which I discovered and blogged about a year ago . It's mostly because I'm a major fan of the legendary Jane Fonda who stars as Hillary Foxman, the celebrity child shrink who compels her family to sit shiva after her husband and the father of their four adult children dies. Sitting shiva, fyi dear gentile readers, is the traditional Jewish way to mourn the death of a close family member, and calls for the family to gather together for 7 days (shiva = seven) while friends and other relatives come, often bearing food, to pay their respects and share memories. Seven days together with your family. In the case of the Foxmans, the four adult children -Judd (Jason Bateman), Wendy (Tina Fey), Phillip (Adam Driver) and Paul (Corey Stoll) - come in various stages of reluctance and wariness, depending on their personal baggage, which they all bring in spades. The truth is I kind of

Fantastic Beasts Trailer: A Whole Lot of CGI

The first full trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been released. Not surprisingly it looks full of big money CGI. I was intrigued when we first saw the teaser trailer with Eddie Redmayne climbing into a small battered suitcase, and impossibly disappearing down into it. But I’m not sure how I feel about the wizarding world of Harry Potter—sans Harry Potter—meets the USA during what looks like the 1930's. All the CGI seems ... a bit much. I hope I’m wrong. I like Eddie Redmayne, I like Colin Farrell. And I’d like to like the movie. The film which also stars Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Jenn Murray, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Gemma Chan and newcomer Faith Wood-Blagrove opens in 3D and IMAX on November 18th. What do you think? This trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is very special effects heavy. Does it have the magic in terms of storyline and character arcs and human connections to make it truly fantastic?

Saturday Matinee: Catch Me if You Can featuring birthday 'girl' Amy Adams

Catch Me if You Can stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks of course. John Williams score was nominated and Christopher Walken got a nom as Abegnale Sr. But the film also features Amy Adams as an innocent little girl type. Adams was actually 28 when she played Brenda Strong, the naive young thing swept off her feet by dreamy conman Frank Abegnale. While Junebug is generally considered Adam’s breakout role—her 2005 performance is the first of her five Oscar nominations— Catch Me if You Can came 3 years before that. She’s good at seeming naive, vulnerable, almost trembling. Besides Catch Me if You Can , think of Doubt, The Master , more recently Big Eyes . gif via olyaolia.tumblr.com Amy Adams turns 43 today, no longer a little girl, the actor has two upcoming films that fall under our book to movie-watching eye. Arrival based on the Ted Chiang short story/novella The Story of Your Life and Nocturnal Animals based on Tom Ford's adap

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