Judd Apatow directs Schumer, who plays a commitment-phobic magazine editor in her big screen debut as writer / star.
Tag: Brie Larson
‘Short Term 12’ on Peacock
Brie Larson earned an Oscar for her performance in Room (2015) but her breakout role was in Short Term 12 (2013), a tender and touching drama set in a facility for at risk, abandoned, or otherwise homeless kids that can’t get placement with foster families. What could be a portrait of instability and institutional failings, however, […]
Brie Larson in ‘Room’ on Netflix and free on Kanopy and Hoopla
It’s called Room (2015). Not The Room, simply Room, as if there were no others. And for Jack (Jacob Tremblay), the five-year-old son of a young mother (Brie Larson), there aren’t. It’s his entire world, his universe, and as far as he knows nothing exists outside the walls. His mother, known only as Ma in the film, […]
Oscars@home: Winners you can rent and stream
The big night is over. Chris Rock-ed the #OscarsSoWhite controversy with cutting humor that drew some nervous laughter from the audience. The presenters gave us a mix of sincerity and awkward schtick. The In Memoriam tribute honored Kirk Kevorkian, who all but gutted MGM decades ago, yet snubbed Abe Vigoda, Joan Leslie, and Jacques Rivette. […]