In Together Together, Ed Helms, much matured since his Hangover bacchanals, plays Matt, a lonely straight man stuck in a middle-age morass. With no romantic prospects but desirous of a family, and as if feeling the tick of his own biological clock, he makes the unusual decision to father a child through a surrogate. That’s where Anna (Patti Harrison), a single woman 20 … [Read more...]
‘I Do … Until I Don’t’ a step back for triple threat Bell
It’s worth remembering that triple-threat writer-director-actor Lake Bell’s first feature, the justly lauded In a World …, was essentially an antique polished with a contemporary sheen. As smart and original as the film was, it conjured a culture of competitive movie-trailer voice-over artists that no longer exists, as the business of film promotion has long jettisoned this … [Read more...]