Ryan Gosling
The Best High School Movies
It’s Friday, and usually at this time we take a few minutes to review the weekend’s big movie releases. But this week, in honor of our week-long series on education, we want to hear your favorite high-school-based movies. In the spirit of our series, we’re going to stick with movies that take place at public schools. From Grease, […]
Christina Hendricks on ‘Drive,’ ‘Mad Men,’ and Playing Bad Girls
Actress Christina Hendricks stopped by The Takeaway’s studios earlier this week for a taping of the Movie Date podcast. Hendricks has two movies opening in theaters this week, “Drive,” an arty action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, and “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” a comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker. She also stars as Joan Holloway […]
New Movie Releases: ‘Crazy Stupid Love,’ ‘The Smurfs,’ ‘Cowboys and Aliens’
Every Friday, The Takeaway looks at the week’s new film releases. Hitting the multiplexes this weekend is “Crazy Stupid Love” is a romantic comedy starring Steve Carell as a recent divorcé navigating the dating world, and Ryan Gosling as source of romantic advice. Also out is “The Smurfs,” a combination live-action and animated movie, based […]
Ryan Gosling on ‘Blue Valentine’
The American film industry never seems to grow tired of portraying young lovers as they meet, fall in love, and get married before settling into an imaginary “happily ever after.” But what they almost never present us with is the reality of marriage over time, of the toll that child-rearing, boredom and familiarity can take […]