Like the memoir on which it’s based, Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild opens with Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon), a 26-year-woman escaping a life of self-destruction by hiking 1,100 miles on California’s brutal Pacific Crest Trail, in a jam. She’s just witnessed one of her boots tumble down a cliff, never to be seen again. In a fit of understandable rage, she tosses the other boot … [Read more...]
Illeana Douglas: On indies, hard work, loving the business, and Phase II
Granddaughter of two-time Oscar winner actor Melvyn Douglas, Illeana Douglas began her career as a stand-up comedian, but soon found herself on the big screen in Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991), one of four Scorsese films she’s appeared in, and started a long-term relationship with Scorsese that lasted eight years. She is most widely known for her roles as Denise Waverly in … [Read more...]