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Unromancing the Stonenew
In 2006, the Basic Instinct beauty showed she wasn't just another pretty face.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
01-30-2007 |
Movies
Vintage Damenew
Cate Blanchett exhumes Hollywood's golden era.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German
What, Him Worry? (Why Yes, Actually)new
For Argentine director Daniel Burman, life is a movie.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daniel Burman, Family Law
Apt Pupilnew
With The History Boys, Alan Bennett stays at the head of the class.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
For Mature Audiences Onlynew
Unlike the object of its scathing attention, Dick's documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board is merry and bright and loads of fun.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Hoovervillenew
Little Miss Sunshine lights into the American family.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
En Voguenew
Prada probes the Wintour of a former assistant's discontent.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Lion's Dennew
Documentary film A Lion in the House is an unflinching portrait of pediatric illness and adversity.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-15-2006 |
TV
Hell Is for Childrennew
12 and Holding and Dead Man's Shoes mine the kicks to be had when bad things happen to young people.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
'Over the Hedge,' Under the Radarnew
Most contemporary computer-animated movies are too well-adjusted and benign to be more than ephemeral blips in the history of children’s cinema.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-18-2006 |
Movies
I Am Not a Housewifenew
Even women who can’t stand what Flanagan has to say concede that she’s a terrific writer -- her trenchant wit and breezily fluid prose make Maureen Dowd’s look like the work of a shrill amateur.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-13-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Family Viewingnew
At the movies and on TV, American domestic life is changing.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-23-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
"Bow-Wow," Said the Bunnynew
I can forgive Gallo his histrionics, which are entertaining enough when they’re not downright vicious. What I can’t forgive is his boring me silly.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo
