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    Oct 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Smashed': Drama's watered down in this lesson about the drinking life ★★ 1/2

    The director's statement issued with “Smashed” reads, in part: "Being drunk can be really fun. It's just all the other things that come with being drunk that can be a downer (wrecking cars, lives, etc.) ... so many films that deal with substance abuse follow a familiar 'scared straight' path, depicting characters so damaged that they're not relatable, leaving the audience with nothing to do but gawk at their otherness.
    The director's statement issued with “Smashed” reads, in part: "Being drunk can be really fun. It's just all the other things that come with being drunk that can be a downer (wrecking cars, lives, etc.) ... so many films that deal with...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Drama (genre), Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, The Help (movie)

    2. Oct 16, 2012 |Column| RedEye

  2. Video/Q&A: 'Smashed' star Mary Elizabeth Winstead

    To bond as married alcoholics for the Sundance hit “Smashed,” co-stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, appropriately, went out and got drunk.
    To bond as married alcoholics for the Sundance hit “Smashed,” co-stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, appropriately, went out and got drunk. “I don’t know what I really learned about myself from that particular night...

    Tags: Dance, Aaron Paul, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sundance Film Festival, Minor League Baseball

    3. Jan 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Sundance 2012: 'Smashed' is a booze film with a dry wit

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    The Sundance film festival movie “Smashed,” about a hard-drinking young woman who decides to get sober after one too many late nights, mixes in lightness with the seriousness. It’s an alcoholism drama, lo-fi style....
    4. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Oprah Winfrey brings drama to 'The Butler' trailer

    Moviegoers well-acquainted with Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels’ eyebrow-raising filmic oeuvre may be shocked to learn that his latest movie, “The Butler,” seems, at first blush, rather short on salacious surprises. This from the...

    Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Nixon, Lee Daniels

    5. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'The Spectacular Now' director James Ponsoldt to adapt 'Pippin'

    Making two indie films about the drinking problems of young people might not immediately seem to put one in line for adapting a beloved Broadway musical, but such are the unpredictable ways of Hollywood. The Weinstein Co. said Tuesday that James Ponsoldt, director of the recent "Smashed" and "The Spectacular Now," would be writing a screen adaptation of the musical "Pippin."
    Making two indie films about the drinking problems of young people might not immediately seem to put one in line for adapting a beloved Broadway musical, but such are the unpredictable ways of Hollywood. The Weinstein Co. said Tuesday that James Ponsoldt,...

    Tags: Music Theater, Aaron Paul, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Noah Baumbach

    6. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  6. Hillary Clinton Biopic 'Rodham' Taps Director James Ponsoldt (Exclusive)

    Reuters
    Apr 29 (TheWrap.com) - Fresh off spectacular reviews for his Sundance film "The Spectacular Now," James Ponsoldt is attached to direct "Rodham," an indie movie about Hillary Clinton's early years, TheWrap has learned. Written by up-and-coming...

    Tags: POLITICO LLC, Justice System, Sundance Film Festival, Celebrities, Washington, DC

    7. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Robert Redford's 'new territory' with 'Captain America' sequel

    Though Robert Redford may be the very platonic ideal of a movie star -- a matinee idol from films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "The Electric Horseman" and "Out of Africa" -- he has of late been involved with smaller-scale, socially conscious dramas. So many were surprised last week by the news that Redford would be appearing in the Marvel Studios comic-book action sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" as a senior leader in the secret government agency of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    Though Robert Redford may be the very platonic ideal of a movie star -- a matinee idol from films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "The Electric Horseman" and "Out of Africa" -- he has of late been involved...

    Tags: Susan Sarandon, Sundance Film Festival, Taylor Hackford, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Entertainment

    8. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Zap2It

  8. 'Smashed'

    A young couple, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Emmy winner Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad"), struggle to get a handle on their drinking in this well-played drama honored at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The wife has an especially hard time making...

    Tags: Aaron Paul, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, The Help (movie), Sundance Film Festival, Entertainment

    9. Jan 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Sundance 2013: Teen romance 'Spectacular Now' bought by A24

    PARK CITY, Utah -- "The Spectacular Now," one of the only dramatic films to premiere to a strong response at this year's Sundance Film Festival so far, will soon be seen outside of this mountain town. In the wee hours of Monday morning, newly formed...

    Tags: The Descendants (movie), Film Festivals, Spring Breakers (movie), Sundance Film Festival, Shailene Woodley

    10. Nov 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' lead Spirit Award nominations

    Two offbeat comedies dominated the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations Tuesday morning.
    Two offbeat comedies dominated the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations Tuesday morning. David O. Russell's quirky "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and Wes Anderson's charming coming-of-age...

    Tags: Compliance (movie), Keep the Lights On (movie), Seven Psychopaths (movie), Your Sister's Sister (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie)

    11. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Test taxoomy

    If you happen to run into Aaron Paul these days, you're likely to encounter an actor almost bursting with warmth and bliss — in other words, the polar opposite of Jesse Pinkman, the tortured junkie Paul plays on AMC's"Breaking Bad."

    The...

    Tags: Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston, The Walking Dead (tv program), Aaron Paul, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

    12. Feb 5, 2012 |Story| Zap2It
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