There are many charming elements, including Jamie Lee Curtis, in the 85-year-old filmmaker's comeback but they don't add up ...

Writer-director James L. Brooks all but invented a warm, urbane way of telling complex women's stories, but his first movie ...

The all-star Ella McCay, from the director of “Terms of Endearment” and “As Good As It Gets,” is one of the worst films of ...

Curtis and Albert Brooks discuss why classic rom-coms and comedies seem so rare today and the Katharine Hepburn charms of ...

I can’t help but make Ella McCay sound incredible to everyone I talk to about it, even though that’s not my intention, and ...

Imperfections typically make James L. Brooks' movies relatable, but the characters are phony to a fault in portrait of ...

Film fans like to lament, “they don’t make them like they used to,” specifically about the kinds of wry, life-affirming ...

But this time the drama is on the other side of the media-government divide. The titular Ella (Emma Mackey) is a doe-eyed ...

There is a methodology to the Ella McCay challenge. Your left leg must be suspended midair, crossing over your right leg.

Its optimism is so refreshing, its dialogue so smart, and its characters and performances so endearing, it well rewards a ...

Emma Mackey stars as an eager politician beset on all sides by personal struggles in a film that rewards serious suspension ...

A review of 'Ella McCay' , a new film from Oscar winner James L. Brooks centered on an idealistic woman balancing personal ...