![]() ![]() Reiner (who displayed Trump-level-narcissism and cast himself as editor John Walcott), Woody Harrelson, James Marsden and Tommy Lee Jones have made reporting sexy, Hollywood-style, tossing around newsroom clichés like “deep background” (as opposed to medium level background?) and “off-the-record,” along with juvenile phrases like “dick weeds” and “butthole.” And, in the movie, a reporter’s first question to his love interest is “Are you a Republican or a Democrat?” - perpetuating the false binary of a hyper-partisan press corps driven both by right-wing media and uninformed Hollywood elitists (who have controlled much of the media and through it the perception of reality that entire generations of Americans have unwittingly consumed).įor all the film's tired, lazy and misleading storytelling, Reiner - almost accidentally - shows a deep understanding of the contemporary press corps: We’ve become an untrusted cliché of ourselves. ![]() The actor and director cheerfully spoon-fed a clearly peckish Jennifer while enjoying an al-fresco. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Rowling said, 'The idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for. If you are looking to make a move, Santa Fe has one of the more reasonable rent prices, averaging 1,500 for a one-bedroom apartment. Insights on people from a spoons perspective. Some of us get all of our work done in a quaint and charming cafe. Woody Harrelson and James Marsden in "Shock and Awe."īy making all of that era's journalists, by extension, into muckraking heroes without acknowledging their initial complicity, Reiner has unleashed Hollywood’s version of “fake news.” Jennifer Lopez is spoon-fed by obliging husband Ben Affleck. Apart from the culture and mix of people that make up Santa Fe, the city is a great place for writers to be inspired by the distinct natural beauty of the American Southwest. A movie about the two Tinseltown divas Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons could have been far better when its comedy source is the Hollywood Golden Age. Reiner's version, though, also sanitizes the collective sins of the nation’s press corps in the lead-up to the Iraq War and focuses instead on the singular work that Knight Ridder did to uncover the lies that were spoon-fed to the public through the nation’s most trusted publications - the ones that influenced the public support for a war that led to the deaths of thousands of soldiers in combat or from suicide upon returning home, let alone the thousands more veterans who emerged from the conflict maimed, limbless or permanently traumatized. Films have a formulaic and spoonfed approach to a topic such as drug liberation and seems to negate the perspective of those who lived around that time. ![]()
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