If anything could have saved LEAP YEAR, it would have been the unalloyed star quality of its two leads, Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. Even in this slight, contrived, and predictable flick, they rise above the material, bringing depth where there is none, and charm where there is precious little. The excuse for the action… Read More »
SHOPGIRL
In the voice-over narration Steve Martin reads at the beginning of SHOPGIRL, based on his novella and for which he provided the screenplay, he informs the audience that the eponymous wage-earner of the piece, Mirabelle Buttersfield (Claire Danes), is special, if only people would realize it. He also informs us that she came to Los… Read More »