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Witherspoon: Rom-Coms And Beyond

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Reese Witherspoon’s new rom-com “Your Place or Mine”, co-starring Ashton Kutcher, is on Netflix just in time for Valentine’s Day. Witherspoon, who won an Oscar in 2006 for “Walk the Line”, has been a TV staple lately with “The Morning Show”, “Big Little Lies” and “Little Fires Everywhere”, plus production work on “Where the Crawdads […]
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‘Morning Show’ Worth Your TV Time

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Back in October, I screened the first three episodes of AppleTV+’s flagship series “The Morning Show” about a week before they debuted. You might’ve read my review of these episodes, which I thought were okay but soap opera-esque and a mixed bag in the realism and freshness departments. What amazed me then, and still surprises […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘The Morning Show’

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In 2010, I began appearing on NBC’s “The Today Show”, CBS’s “The Early Show” and Australian TV’s top AM program “The Morning Show”. A film called “Morning Glory” was also released that year. It tackled the ratings game, the “news vs. entertainment” debate and the clashing of personalities on and off the air. With AppleTV+’s […]
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‘Home Again’ Movie Review

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HOME AGAIN stars Reese Witherspoon (“Big Little Lies,” Wild, Walk The Line, Sweet Home Alabama) as Alice Kinney in a modern romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband, (Michael Sheen), Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her […]
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‘Home Again’ Review

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15 years ago this month, Reese Witherspoon starred in the rom-com “Sweet Home Alabama”. She’s back in that wheelhouse with “Home Again”, which also marks the directorial debut of Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the daughter of the reigning Queen of the rom-com – Nancy Meyers. Moviemaking runs in that family (Meyers served as a producer on this […]
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Review

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Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and “Modern Family”‘s Sofia Vergara team-up for the action comedy “Hot Pursuit”. It’s such a cliche considering the title, but this really is one hot mess. Witherspoon, complete with an annoying southern accent, plays Cooper, a Texas police officer. She’s a plucky, non-stop talker who hasn’t been out in the […]
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2015: The Summer for Ladies and Laughs

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Action movies “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Jurassic World”, “Terminator: Genisys”, “Ant-Man”, “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” and “Fantastic Four” will likely dominate the Summer 2015 Box Office. However, surprisingly, there are just as many comedies lined-up between May and August that will be looking to attract audiences of all ages. It’s an especially good time for […]
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‘Wild’ Movie Review

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In Wild, director Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club), Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby (An Education) bring bestselling author Cheryl Strayed’s extraordinary adventure to the screen. After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Strayed makes a rash decision.  Haunted […]
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‘Wild’ Review

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Last year, director Jean-Marc Vallee earned “Dallas Buyers Club” stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto Lead and Supporting Actor honors from nearly every major awards organization. Now, Vallee’s follow-up, “Wild”, has placed Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern as Lead and Supporting Actress frontrunners for their raw and brave performances in one of 2014’s most engrossing […]
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