Sincerity, Love, and Away We Go (2009)
As soon as I saw the trailer for Away We Go, I anticipated the backlash. The sketches, quirky music, pregnant lady, and lovable male lead sort of inextricably link the film to Juno, which, while not a bad movie at all, was iconic enough that no film with similarities will be able to escape the comparison. Away We Go – penned by literary powerhouse couple Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida as they awaited the birth of their first child – is more like Juno‘s grown-up... Read More
Most anticipated summer flicks
The New York Observer has published their list of most anticipated summer films. A couple of those (Away We Go, Public Enemies) are on my list, too. And, obviously, one they missed: Pixar’s Up, which opens May 29 in the States. (Really, Observer? The Ugly Truth but not Up?) What are your most anticipated films of the summer season? Read More
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