Greta movie review: Girls trap

Greta is the serious arthouse version of Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. That’s the one where Commandant Lassard switches luggage with the bad guys. Chloe Grace Moretz is the Lassard who picks up the wrong bag in this version. Frances McCullen (Moretz) picks up a lost purse on the subway and returns it to

How Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced Jim Carrey in Captain Marvel

Now that everyone has seen the trailer to Captain Marvel, we know Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) lands in a Blockbuster Video store in 1995, back when Blockbuster was prolific. VHS tapes and posters of ‘90s movies are prominently displayed in the film’s Blockbuster scene. Most prominent is a True Lies standee with Arnold Schwarzenegger and

Sundance interview: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre on The Mustang

The Mustang premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It was appropriate since Sundance founder Robert Redford was an executive producer, due in part to his activism for horses (see also The Horse Whisperer). Based on the real program where prison inmates learn to train wild mustangs for auction, The Mustang stars Mathias Schoenarts as Roman

Sundance interview: Wendi McLendon-Covey and Debra Eisenstadt on Imaginary Order

The Goldbergs’ mom Wendi McLendon-Covey had a movie at Sundance. Imaginary Order is a comedy but not the same kind of TV comedy as The Goldbergs. McLendon-Covey plays Cathy, a mom unraveling. She unravels even further when her friend’s teenage son (Max Burkholder) starts coming onto her. Add that to trying to mother her own