Tag Archives: Hugh Grant

February 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 6, 2023 by sheila

Reboot (2022) Allison and I watched it together when I was in New York for the first half of this month. I adore this series and am so bummed it wasn’t picked up for Season 2. We had a blast … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Aline MacMahon, Aubrey Plaza, Australia, Barbara Stanwyck, biopic, Boris Karloff, Brad Pitt, Busby Berkeley, Charlotte Bronte, comedy, Douglas Sirk, drama, Emily Bronte, England, film noir, France, Fred MacMurray, Ginger Rogers, Gold Diggers of 1933, Greta Garbo, Hugh Grant, Hungary, Ireland, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Kay Francis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Loretta Young, Madonna, Mervyn LeRoy, musicals, Pre-Code, Quentin Tarantino, reviews, William Powell, William Wellman, women directors | 18 Comments

Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

Posted on March 3, 2023 by sheila

Guy Ritchie’s latest. I reviewed for Ebert.

Posted in Movies | Tagged action movies, Aubrey Plaza, England, Hugh Grant, reviews | 1 Comment

Review: The Gentlemen (2020)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by sheila

I reviewed Guy Ritchie’s latest for Rogerebert.com.

Posted in Movies | Tagged Colin Farrell, England, heist movies, Hugh Grant, reviews | 1 Comment

July 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 1, 2018 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 4, episode 5 “Monster Movie” (2008; d. Robert Singer) A movie-mad feast. Plus, my favorite one-night-stand-girl. (Piper is a close tie.) Supernatural, Season 4, episode 6 “Yellow Fever” (2008; d. Philip Sgriccia) An example of what the show … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Burt Reynolds, documentary, Dorothy Malone, Douglas Sirk, England, Goldie Hawn, Hal Ashby, Hugh Grant, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jill Clayburgh, Josef von Sternberg, Julie Christie, Marlene Dietrich, Supernatural, Warren Beatty, women directors | 8 Comments

From Rogerebert.com: The Great Performances of 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 by sheila

This is a really fun list. Rogerebert.com contributors each talk about a different great performance from 2016. I wrote about Trevante Rhodes in Moonlight. You can read the full list here.

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Hugh Grant, Isabelle Huppert, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon | 6 Comments

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sheila

For Rogerebert.com: R.I.P. Edward Herrmann. “The moment lasts two seconds and consists of only two words: “Welcome home.” Two seconds and two words is all an actor like Edward Herrmann needs to get the job done.” On Seth Rogen’s controversial … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Albert Maysles, Angelina Jolie, Asghar Farhadi, Christian Petzold, Corneliu Porumboiu, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Presley, Gena Rowlands, Guillermo del Toro, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hugh Grant, Ida Lupino, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Aniston, John Wayne, Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nina Hoss, Nirvana, Richard Linklater, Seth Rogen, Tom Hardy, year in writing | 4 Comments

About a Boy (2002); Dir. Chris and Paul Weitz

Posted on February 27, 2010 by sheila

Early in About a Boy, 38-year-old Will, a confirmed (and happy about it) bachelor, visits his friends, who have a new baby. They expect him to Ooh and Aah, but he holds the little thing with a look of horror … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Hugh Grant | 14 Comments

Tag Archives: Hugh Grant

February 2023 Viewing Diary

Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

Review: The Gentlemen (2020)

July 2018 Viewing Diary

From Rogerebert.com: The Great Performances of 2016

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

About a Boy (2002); Dir. Chris and Paul Weitz

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