22 April
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MRS. AMERICA Creator: Dahvi WallerStarring: Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Tracey Ullman, Elizabeth Banks, Margo Martindale, Sarah Paulson, Melanie Lynskey, Ari Graynor, John Slattery Cate Blanchett has played many real life figures in her career. Now she tackles the outspoken Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs. America. It’s the early 1970s and the Equal Rights Amendment is the hot button issue dividing women across the country. Schlafly is staunchly against the women’s right movement. Fighting with her as other local housewives are Sarah Paulson and Melanie Lynsky. The other side of the fight includes people like Shirley Chisholm who’s running for president. She’s played by Uzo AdubaRead More →

09 January
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LIKE A BOSS Director: Miguel ArtetaStarring: Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter, Ryan Hansen, Jimmy O. Yang Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne star as Mia and Mel who have been friends since middle school. They’ve been through thick and thin and own a business together selling their makeup line at a boutique store. Claire Luna (Hayek) runs a high-end cosmetics company looking to buy out smaller start-ups and has her eyes set on Mia and Mel’s company. This may be what they need to keep their business afloat, but what they don’t realize is that Claire is actually trying to breakRead More →

15 November
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INSTANT FAMILY Director: Sean Anders Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Julie Hagerty, Margo Martindale, Julianna Gamiz, Gustavo Quiroz, Isabela Moner Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne star as Pete and Ellie, respectively, who have a great life with a successful business flipping houses. The only thing they feel is missing is having children. They debate if they are too old, but decide that adoption will be the best choice for them after seeing the heartbreaking videos on an adoption website. They meet with a local adoption agency and after meeting with a few foster kids, they decide to adopt fifteen-year-old Lizzie (Moner)Read More →

15 November
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INSTANT FAMILY – Cast/Crew Interviews Instant Family opens in theaters Friday, November 16th and stars Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as a couple who expand their family through adoption. I sat down with the cast as well as writer Joh Morris and writer/director Sean Anders who based the film on his real life adoption story. MARK WAHLBERG and ROSE BYRNE   TIG NOTARO   JULIE HAGERTY, JULIANNA GAMIZ, and GUSTAVO QUIROZ   SEAN ANDERS (writer/director) and JOHN MORRIS (co-writer)Read More →

26 May
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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Director: Bryan Singer Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Evan Peters, Oliva Munn, Rose Byrne, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp I thought it would be a slam-dunk no-brainer that the casting of Oscar Isaac in the latest and final film in the new X-Men trilogy would make it the best one yet. I now realize I was reaching a bit due to my love of the actor. In case you’re unfamiliar, he played the heroic Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the title character in Inside Llewyn Davis. Now he’s playing theRead More →

23 May
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NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING Director: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Selena Gomez, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lisa Kudrow Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising is that sequel that you didn’t really expect to happen after the first film ended. This film is proof it still isn’t necessary despite the huge box office draw of the first film. The last time we saw Kelly (Byrne) and Mac (Rogen) Radner they made peace with frat boy Teddy (Efron) and his clan of partygoers. Everyone seems to be moving on from their days of ruining each other’s lives. Teddy is at a crossroadsRead More →

12 December
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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Director: Bryan Singer Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Munn, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tye Sheridan, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters In just a few days, we will be treated with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Before that movie starts, audiences will get a glimpse at the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. This is the final film in the new trilogy that started with X-Men: First Class. The mutants we’ve come to know including: James McAvoy’s Professor X, Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique, and Michael Fassbender as Magneto are all back as well as some new mutants including Olivia Munn as Psyloche,Read More →

04 June
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SPY Writer/Director: Paul Feig Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney Let’s cut to the chase. Melissa McCarthy is one of the funniest actresses working today and is starring in one of the funniest movies of the year. In Spy, she plays CIA agent Susan Cooper who is quite content sitting behind her desk monitoring dangerous situations for field agent Bradley Fine (Law). She has a severe crush on him, as he is completely dashing and debonair like any spy should be. He has been working on a mission to track down the location of some nuclearRead More →

19 December
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ANNIE Director: Will Gluck Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Tracie Thoms, Dorian Missick Many people grew up watching Annie whether it was on stage or the Carol Burnett movie from 1982. It has received a modern twist in the latest version of the classic musical. Annie (Wallis) is a foster girl from Harlem living with a group of other girls under the pseudo-strict guide of Miss Hannigan (Diaz). In this version, Miss Hannigan is a washed up pop singer who used to be a member of the ‘90s group C&C Music Factory. Annie is aRead More →

19 September
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THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Dax Sheperd, Connie Britton, Kathryn Hahn, Abigail Spencer, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schwartz I must admit that I have a soft spot for these types of family ensemble stories. Two films in my top ten, American Beauty and The Ice Storm, both center on dysfunctional families. This is Where I Leave You takes a lighter approach than both of those films. It’s even lighter than last year’s August: Osage County, which has a similar premise. For Judd Altman (Bateman), when it rains it pours.Read More →