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Finding Amanda: Never Finds Its Footing
For me, there are two big issues with writer/director Peter Tolan's feature-length debut: some crazy, disconcerting tonal shifts and a crazy, disconcerting casting choice. There's also a third, less important issue adding to my perplexity about Finding Amanda which is that Matthew Broderick lifelessly sleepwalks through his role.
Tonally, the movie seems to have no idea what it wants to be and vacillates between screwball comedy, dark humor, high drama, and bleak character study.
Movie Preview: Diminished Capacity
Another day, another trailer for a movie from this year's Sundance Film Festival. Today's features Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda as an uncle-nephew duo in Diminished Capacity. The plot is this: "A man (Broderick) suffering from memory [trouble] takes a trip to a memorabilia expo with his Alzheimer's-impaired relative (Alda) and his high school flame (Virginia Madsen), where the trio plans to.
Movie Preview: Finding Amanda
You know, if someone told me Ferris Bueller grew up to have a gambling problem, I'd totally believe it. Which is probably why I watched the trailer for Finding Amanda with a little smile. It looks like the first role in a long time that lets Matthew Broderick stretch those acting muscles we know are in there, and he's paired with the lovely Brittany Snow.
Then She Found Me: A Sweet Treat for Mother's Day
The first thing actress-turned-director Helen Hunt's film has going for it is a capable and enchanting cast that includes Hunt, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, and Bette Middler. I have a hard time calling Then She Found Me a romantic comedy because, unlike recent additions to the genre, no one in this cast plays a scene for an easy laugh. Instead, each actor approaches his or her character as a human being — as complicated and flawed as any of us.
Movie Preview: Then She Found Me
Prepare your "ahh"s and your "yay!"s because the trailer for Helen Hunt's directorial debut, Then She Found Me, is packed with adorable actors (Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick), charming moments, humor, and romance.
Helen Hunt is both director and star of this movie based on a bestselling novel by Elinor Lipman which centers around a woman who's biological mother (Midler) comes smashing into her life right as her romantic world seems to be unraveling. I'm so glad to see Hunt back to perfectly embodying the decent, intelligent woman who wears her heart on her sleeve.
Link Time! 3/11
- Popwatch is thrilled to see that Square Pegs, starring a baby-faced Sarah Jessica Parker, is finally on DVD, and wants to know what TV shows you're dying to see released on DVD. My vote goes to Ally McBeal.
- Cinematical has all sorts of South by Southwest film news and reviews, including a super great review of The Promotion, an indie comedy starring John C. Reilly and Sean William Scott.
- Goldie Hawn and Matthew Broderick have popped up on TV Squad's list of actors who should consider small-screen gigs.
- If you didn't watch The Bachelor's "where are they now" special, TV Filter tells us, um, where they are now.
- Idolator is pumped for the Pitchfork Music Festival, which will feature Public Enemy, Vampire Weekend, M.
Recast Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Win a Prize!
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
For this week's challenge, I chose a film that will always be a classic in my eyes: Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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What to TiVo: Tuesday
- ABC is new with V, Dancing With the Stars, and The Forgotten
- CBS is new with NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and The Good Wife
- FOX is new with So You Think You Can Dance
- NBC is new with The Biggest Loser
- The CW is new with 90210 and Melrose Place
- Bravo is new with Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel and Tabatha's Salon Takeover
- E! is new with Secret Celebrity
- MTV is new with The Hills and The City
- Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
- FX is new with Sons of Anarchy
- Late-night highlights include Al Gore and Brad Paisley on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Pamela Anderson on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Valerie Bertinelli on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS; Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Neil Patrick Harris and Creed on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; and Matthew Broderick and Reba McEntire on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC
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