Jeffrey Overstreet

Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011)

My mother’s daily mantra of parental cautions included “Try not to touch your face” and, after any stroll through a public place, “Wash your hands.” She had good reason. I’ve always been very susceptible to the common cold and the flu; daily multivitamins aren’t enough to shield me. As a kid, I must have missed […]

Alissa Wilkinson

Moneyball Back On

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the on-again, off-again production of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, ostensibly starring Brad Pitt (at least for now) and previously slated to be directed by Steven Soderbergh, is back, well, on again. But this time with Aaron Sorkin rewriting the script. (In my opinion, this can only be good news.) Sorkin’s […]