mature, compassionate love” for his wife, who has retrograde amnesia after she goes through a car windshield during an accident (Shelley). Before the wreck, the couple appear to be in the honeymoon stage in their marriage. After the wreck, Paige (Rachel McAdams) awakes asking if Leo (Channing Tatum)-husband, is her doctor. Her actual doctor explains, Paige cannot remember the last 5 years of her life, which coincidently is how long she and Leo had known one another. Contrastingly, Paige…
The first big round of Award season nominations are in with Trumbo leading a balanced field at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Director Jay Roach's biopic about the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo bagged three nominations, the most of any film in contention. The film's leading man, former Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, scored a best actor nod in an extremely crowded field. His co-star, Helen Mirren, was also recognized in the supporting actress category. The pair, together…
A Catholic priest is now associated with the likes of a rapist and pedophile. Like it or not, it’s an opinion shared by many – reinforcing the notion that it only takes a few bad apples to tarnish something. Yes, even something as powerful as the Catholic Church. Even more bothersome is the fact the Catholic Church willingly covered up a multitude of priest indiscretions – by merely paying out a small sum of money to victims and transferring the guilty party to another state. And, like most…
Christmas Day. The two films Cumberbatch has in pre-production are "Doctor Strange" and "The Current War". "Doctor Strange" is based off the Marvel comic series created by Steve Ditko, it will star Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. The film co-stars Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton. It's about a surgeon who learns how to keep the world safe against evil. In "The Current War", Cumberbatch will play Thomas Edison.…
Mark Knapp’s theoretical model on interpersonal relationships proved correct when in correlation to Tina Fey’s iconic 2004 film, Mean Girls (Waters, 2004). Putting in place relational escalation and deescalation between leads, Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, both undergo all ten phases between the two stages present in Knapp’s Staircase Model (Waters, 2004). Including, but not limited to, initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, staging,…
isn’t the only movie inspired by his best-selling novels, I think it was the most popular and hands down the best movie. Sparks wrote The Notebook in only a short period of six months. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are the two main characters in the movie. Gosling plays Noah Calhoun and McAdams plays Allie Hamilton. The story starts by seeing Noah and Allie in their old age, Allie has lost her memory and Noah reads her their love story every day. The beginning of the story shows them meeting…
Negative self- consciousness arises in high school aged teens who are developing their individual identity in society. There is much concern for high school clique movies in that they are toxic to the female image. On a positive note, this “Coming- of- age” genre is simultaneously promoting intersectionality between social groups and the bildungsroman of each character. Bildungsroman refers to “a specific subgenre of coming-of-age stories that focus on the protagonist’s psychological and moral…
outstanding performance in the latest film, The Danish Girl, Alicia is getting more and more recognition and finally won her first nomination for the best supporting role, even though she had to go up against many big stars like Kate Winslate, Rachel McAdams and Roony Mara. Although . I really admire her because of her touching performances in many films. She was not only nominated for the Oscar, but also The Golden Globes Award which is a big award for Hollywood. She won both awards which is…
Regina George Regina George, played Rachel McAdams is the antagonist of the movie mean girls. If North Shore had an US Weekly she would always be on the cover. Regina was born into a rich family, and has been very spoiled. The parenting style of her “cool mom” have led her to be controlling and manipulating. Which are her individual motivations. The long luscious locks of blonde hair, “hot body”, and looks are some of the things that people are jealous of. In the words of the girl in the wheel…
without feeling awkward? Equally hot family members! These celebrities have brothers or sisters you probably didn’t know even existed and they’re just as attractive as their famous siblings. Here goes. 1. Rachel McAdams From her Regina George to The Notebook days, it’s hard not to love Rachel McAdams and her infectious smile. What’s more to love about her? Her dazzling younger brother, Daniel, who the public first saw when he accompanied the actress at the Toronto International Film Festival…