Tag: Safety Not Guaranteed
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The Terrifying Aubrey Plaza Scene That Still Gives Us Nightmares
Known by most for her memorable deadpan comedic delivery and sardonic attitude, comedian and actor Aubrey Plaza has a truly fascinating filmography.Her breakthrough performance as April Ludgate on “Parks and Recreation” made her a household name, leading her to roles in comedy films like “Mystery Team,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “The…
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Broadway’s Best Playwrights Are Ready to Save Hollywood from Itself (Column)
This weekend’s release of “Jurassic World: Dominion” is another reminder that Hollywood is not in the business of nurturing talent so much as jamming it into preexisting machinery. The film is a failure on many levels, but it’s also a reminder that director Colin Trevorrow was a genuine Sundance breakout 10 years ago with “Safety…
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Freaks’
Directed by first-time feature helmers Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, “Freaks” is a film whose greatest virtues are inseparable from its limitations. Using a tiny handful of locations, a small cast (albeit one that includes Bruce Dern), and some judiciously applied digital effects, the two writer-directors manage to hit most of the marks of a…
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Colin Trevorrow Explains How ‘The Book Of Henry’ is a Carbon Copy of ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’
Colin Trevorrow broke out with the low-budget Sundance dramedy Safety Not Guaranteed, catching the attention of megaproducer Steven Spielberg, who hired him to direct Jurassic World. That film broke box office records, becoming the largest grossing non-James Cameron film ever released (at the time). Trevorrow was in line to direct Star Wars: Episode 9 before…
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‘Puzzle’ Trailer: Kelly Macdonald Breaks Out of Her Suburban Fatigue With an Unexpected New Hobby
It’s hard to imagine anything that sounds more low stakes than putting together jigsaw puzzles, but Marc Turtletaub’s “Puzzle” turns a relatively benign hobby into the catalyst for charming new drama. Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald stars in the film, which debuted at Sundance in January, and the combination of Turtletaub’s graceful direction and Macdonald’s satisfying…