The Reel Breakdown

  • Greta Gerwig in IFC Films' 'Frances Ha'

    While bromances flourish – doctors, racecar drivers and superheroes bond regularly -- memorable movies about best girlfriends are a rare species. But in that environment, “Frances Ha,” the brilliant black-and-white comic collaboration between star-writer Greta Gerwig (“To Rome with Love”) and writer-director Noah Baumbach (“Greenberg”), is a game-changer.

    Best friends since college, happy-go-lucky Frances (Gerwig) and roommate Sophie (Mickey Sumner), now in their late twenties, share the same bed and the same inside jokes. Frances quips that they are like an old lesbian couple without the sex.

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  • 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (Photo: Paramount Pictures)The story dictates the hunt for "Wrath of Khan" allusions in "Star Trek Into Darkness," writers-producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto "Bob" Orci say. Sure the writing partners, who first teamed on TV's "Hercules," have their Trekkie creds and endless "Star Trek" facts in their reference arsenal. But, to quote Bob, "Have the Easter eggs in the back of your mind. Don't chase them."

    Here's how the Easter egg hunt came together according to Bob and Alex:

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  • Julianne Moore Reveals Her Fallback Career

    By | The Reel Breakdown – Thu, May 16, 2013 5:59 PM EDT

    Julianne Moore in 'The English Teacher' (Photo: Cinedigm)

    "I could have been an English teacher," Oscar nominee Julianne Moore, 52, told Yahoo! Movies while discussing "The English Teacher," which opens Friday. She plays a repressed high school instructor whose career unravels when she encounters a former student- turned- playwright (Kristen Stewart ex Michael Angarano).

    "I really related to my character," said Moore. "I was that kind of kid who loved to read, who was happier in a book than outside with other kids.

    "I would win the summer library reading contest," Moore confessed. "I started acting after school because I wasn't athletic. It was an extension of reading. If I hadn't had my high school English teacher saying I could be an actress, I may not have the career I do."

    Asked about her favorite book, the face of L'Oreal and mother of two paused for a moment and said, "'Little Women,' probably. It's a book that I read over and over and over again. So much of that book is about self-determination. Rich family life, a lot of tragedy, and

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She was the film critic at Us Weekly from 2000 - 2011, following six years at the New York Post. She has twice chaired the New York Film Critics Circle. Her novel PLAYDATE, an O Magazine pick, was published by St. Martin’s Press in January 2011. She writes a monthly interview column for Marie Claire, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Parade, The Huffington Post, More, Interview Magazine, The New York Times, The international Herald Tribune, Cosmopolitan and Self. She has appeared on CNN, E!, NY1, NBC’s The Today Show, CBS’s The Early Show, Fox News Channel, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Bravo and VH1.

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