Tag Archives: Jennifer Connelly

Film review | Stuck in Love – Greg Kinnear & Jennifer Connelly in a cosy rom-com about family dysfunction

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Jason Best

Given that it deals with a spectacularly dysfunctional family, writer-director Josh Boone’s romantic comedy-drama Stuck in Love is surprisingly warm-hearted and cosy. The characters really are messed up, though. Greg Kinnear’s blocked writer, Bill Borgens, still pines for ex-wife Erica … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | The hills are alive with the sound of screaming in Dario Argento’s Phenomena

Posted on 13 March 2011 by peter

Before gaining fame battling David Bowie’s bewigged King Jareth in 1986’s Labyrinth, a 15-year-old Jennifer Connelly starred in Dario Argento’s peculiar horror Phenomena – not to be confused with the dreadful John Travolta film of the same name. Sent to … Continue reading →

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If it stars Jennifer Aniston, it must be a romcom.

Posted on 23 April 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings These days, if you see Jennifer Aniston‘s name billed, you don’t have to ask about the movie, do you? You just know it’s going to be a romcom. She is undoubtedly the rom com queen of the … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Creation – Paul Bettany shines in Charles Darwin Biopic

Posted on 18 January 2010 by Jason Best

If an earlier film hadn’t already nabbed the title The Greatest Story Ever Told, it would have been eminently suitable for this biopic of the man whose theory of evolution by natural selection displaced God from the universe and stripped … Continue reading →

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The Best View | 9 – Too grim for children; not clever enough for grown-ups

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Jason Best

Animated movies have reached such heights of visual sophistication that we’ve come to take the most astonishing feats of technical virtuosity for granted. Which is all to the good. Now that we’ve stopped gasping at animators’ skill at rendering fur … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Creation – Classy biopic of Charles Darwin ruffles the feathers of evolution deniers

Posted on 25 September 2009 by Jason Best

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has been described (by philosopher Daniel Dennett) as “the single best idea that anyone has ever had”. That it’s also the most explosive idea anyone has ever had is confirmed by the fuss … Continue reading →

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