Tag: Elizabeth Banks
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A timely slice of US history is engrossing and perfectly cast, but curiously underwritten and undersold.
Joyce Glasser reviews Call Jane (November 4, 2022) Cert 12, 121 mins. Though based on real people and true events between 1968 and the Roe vs Wade decision in 1973, […]
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Better than Charlie’s Angels, but not all that different, given the talented cast.
Joyce Glasser reviews The 355 (January 7, 2022) Cert 12A, 124 mins. Double Academy Award nominee (Zero Dark Thirty, The Help) Jessica Chastain is now a producer of films that […]
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While you want to root for Elizabeth Banks, her Charlie’s Angels is fundamentally flawed
Joyce Glasser reviews Charlie’s Angels (November 29, 2019), Cert. 12A, 104 min. You have to admire Elizabeth Banks and you want to root for her. The beautiful and talented actress […]
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Melissa McCarthy’s merger with the Muppets is risky and not overly successful
Joyce Glasser reviews The Happytime Murders (August 27, 2018) Cert. 15, 91 min. The high concept behind this black comedy and spoof film noir is intriguing if not as original as […]