Tag: diablocody

Losing a parental figure, biological or otherwise, as a teen can have long-term, lifelong effects, most of them related to the initial, life-changing trauma. Losing the same parent to an axe-wielding intruder can double or triple that trauma, but in...

Or: Postpartum Depression: The Movie. Up front, I feel as though I should offer a bit of disclosure: I know this one.   No, I did not have anything to do with the making of the film, its development, or...

As an actress, Meryl Streep can do just about anything. Too bad she can't rescue a movie that doesn't know whether it's a routine dysfunctional family comedy-drama or a portrait of a musician coming to terms with the failure of...

What is partying, exactly? Images of clubs saturated in blue and magenta light, where well-coiffed dudes and sexy women grind slowly through rooms filled with people overjoyed with high-priced mixed drinks are so familiar that it would seem to take...

If you were to tell me that you saw this collaboration coming, between Diablo Cody and Oprah Winfrey, I would have called you a damned liar. Yet, here we are and these two ladies are working together to adapt Dr....

[This review originally appeared in one of my regular columns at Showcase.  Thanks to the powers that be there for allowing us to reprint here.]Adjust expectations accordingly:On the Megan Fox front, Jennifer's Body contains no nudity, moderate cleavage, and one...