Former rom-com queen Sandra Bullock returns to the genre in “The Lost City”. In real life Bullock is 16 years older than male love interest Channing Tatum. Such an age-gap is often a non-issue in the movie world, plus Bullock has down this path before, falling for 12-years-younger Ryan Reynolds in 2009’s “The Proposal”. The […]
When I became a film critic in 2006 and started following the box office, I knew of Sandra Bullock through the “Speed” and “Miss Congeniality” films, some rom-coms and Best Picture Oscar winner “Crash”. But her career momentum was slowing down a bit. “The Lake House”, Bullock’s ’06 reunion with Keanu Reeves, only earned $52.3 […]
A few months before the release of the all-female version of “Ghostbusters” in 2016, Warner Bros. announced they were developing an “Ocean’s” reboot with a prominently female cast. The reason the film’s called “Ocean’s 8” (and not another “Ocean’s 11”) is that the studio hopes this can become another trilogy. The idea is to have […]
In 2009, Warner Bros. scored a touchdown with Sandra Bullock, the actress earning an Oscar for “The Blind Side”. Four years later, they soared together again, Bullock snagging a nomination for her work in “Gravity”. Can this team go three for three with the political dramedy “Our Brand Is Crisis”? Well, early results are not […]