Instant Family, 2018.Directed by Sean Anders. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner, Gustavo Quiroz, Julianna Gamiz, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Eve Harlow, Julie Hagerty, Tom Segura, Iliza Shlesinger, Allyn Rachel, Gary Weeks, Erika Bierman, Britt Rentschler, Margo Martindale, Andrea Anders, Valente Rodriguez, Michael O’Keefe, Jody Thompson, and Joan Cusack.SYNOPSIS:A couple find themselves in over […]
J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack and Rashida Jones set for animated Santa origin story Klaus
The Tracking Board is reporting that J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack and Rashida Jones have signed on to lend their voices to Klaus, a new animated feature from Despicable Me writer Sergio Pablos.The family comedy will mark the directorial debut of Pablos and tells the story of a desperate postman who accidentally brings about the genesis of […]
Movie Review – Snatched (2017)
Snatched, 2017.Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Joan Cusack, Ike Barinholtz, Wanda Sykes, and Christopher Meloni.SYNOPSIS:When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.Around halfway through Snatched (an exotic-vacation-gone-wrong comedy from Jonathan Levine who is known […]
Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford join Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store
Back in August it was announced that Oscar winner Brie Larson is set to make her feature directorial debut with the comedy Unicorn Store, and now we have our first casting news courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.The site reports that Samuel L. Jackson (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Joan Cusack (Shameless) and Bradley Whitfield […]
Movie Review – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016. Directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Starring Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Sarah Silverman, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Tim Meadows, Imogen Poots, James Buckley and Chris Redd. SYNOPSIS: When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in […]
Movie Review – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016.Directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Starring Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Bill Hader, Imogen Poots, Joan Cusack, Will Forte, and Martin SheenSYNOPSIS:When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything […]
Everything We Know So Far About Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Kirsty Capes with everything we know so far about Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events…If you’re like me, and grew up devouring volumes of Lemony Snicket’s macabre and witty series, you’ll be a little more than a bit excited about the announcement late last year that Netflix will be turning the thirteen-volumes-strong A Series of Unfortunate […]
Movie Review – Welcome to Me (2014)
Welcome to Me, 2014. Directed by Shira Piven. Starring Kirsten Wiig, James Marsden, Joan Cusack, Alan Tudyk, Linda Cardellini, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins, Wes Bentley. SYNOPSIS: Alice Klieg suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and a mild addiction to Oprah Winfrey. When she wins over $80 million on a lottery she makes the decision to […]
Movie Review – The End of the Tour (2015)
The End of the Tour, 2015.Directed by James Ponsoldt Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Joan Cusack, Ron Livingston, Mamie Gummer, Anna Chlumsky and Mickey Summer.SYNOPSIS:The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, […]
59th London Film Festival Review – The End of the Tour (2015)
The End of the Tour, 2015Directed by James Ponsoldt Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Anna Chlumsky, Mamie Gummer, Mikey Sumner, Ron Livingston and Joan CusackSYNOPSIS:The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, […]