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Jason Reitman
i can’t believe it’s not sorkin
Oct. 8, 2024
Saturday Night ’s 6 Most Glaring Aaron Sorkin–ismsEvery tic and flourish the SNL movie cribs from Sorkin makes it a fascinating showcase for all of the latter’s screenwriting strengths and weaknesses.
movie review
Sept. 27, 2024
Saturday Night Isn’t Factually Accurate, But It Feels Spiritually TrueThe SNL movie plays like an anxiety dream, and the dreamer in this case is Lorne Michaels.
live from new york
Sept. 26, 2024
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Saturday Night ? There are llamas, meltdowns, fistfights, and a lot of fake blood in this big-screen retelling of SNL’s first episode. How much really happened?
movie review
Mar. 22, 2024
Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Bleh In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire , the jokes are witless, the emotions artless, and the film joyless.
i won’t be back
May 16, 2023
Schwarzy on His Twins Sequel, Triplets : ‘Jason Reitman F*cked It Up!’ Jason Reitman should probably avoid Austria for a bit … and California, for that matter.
Ivan Reitman, Director of Ghostbusters and Stripes, Has Died The director helped usher in a new era of big budget comedy.
as you wish
June 27, 2020
Ghostbusters , an Ageless Comedy, Adds Paul Rudd, an Ageless Comedian“When I heard they were going to call me, well, as you can imagine, I nearly slimed myself.”
the industry
Nov. 12, 2018
David Spade to Star in Diablo Cody’s New Comedy, Currently in Development at HBO The actor will play a former ‘90s grunge rocker living life after recovering from heroin addiction.
The Front Runner Review Gives Gary Hart Some Dignity. The Press, Not So MuchHugh Jackman plays Hart as an excruciatingly limited man, unable to rise to the occasion when his infidelities are exposed.
trailer mix
Aug. 30, 2018
tribeca film festival 2018
Apr. 20, 2018
Tully ’s Setup Is Subpar, But It Soon Becomes MagicalSomething happens when the character of Tully comes: The movie contracts in a good way, deepens, and becomes very impressive.
Tully Trailer: Charlize Theron Is a Tired Mom In Need of Some HelpThe movie from the Juno and Young Adult team, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, hits theaters April 20.
There Will Be an All-Female Live Read of Juno to Benefit Planned Parenthood Ellen Page and Jennifer Garner will reunite in the name of the #resistance.
Michaela Watkins on Playing Interesting Women “If nobody calls me to play [Sarah Koenig], I’m gonna be a little hurt.”
live reading
July 25, 2015
Michael Fassbender Smokes Up for The Big Lebowski Fassbender played the Dude — or El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
Michaela Watkins to Star in Jason Reitman-Produced Hulu Series ‘Casual’ Benched co-creator and SNL/Trophy Wife alum Michaela Watkins has new starring role lined up. Deadline reports that Watkins has signed on to […]
Hulu Orders Jason Reitman-Produced Family Comedy ‘Casual’ Director Jason Reitman just landed his first (streaming) TV show. THR reports that Hulu has given a 10-episode order to Casual, a comedy about […]
live reading
Oct. 13, 2014
trailer mix
Sept. 18, 2014
trailer mix
Aug. 19, 2014
movie reviews
Jan. 31, 2014
Edelstein on Labor Day : So Terrible It’s Amazing Jason Reitman’s tremulous romantic drama Labor Day is an unintentional howl.
trailer mix
Oct. 31, 2013
Taylor Lautner, Your Newest Dirk Diggler Jason Reitman’s doing another Boogie Nights reading.
Adam Sandler Is Starring in Jason Reitman’s Next Movie Adam Sandler can add another acclaimed director to the list of acclaimed directors he’s worked with. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman […]
in the works
Sept. 5, 2013
Jason Reitman Is Staging an All-Female Live Reading of ‘Glengarry Glenn […]
Filmmaker Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno) is staging a live reading of the movie Glengarry Glenn Ross in LA with an all-female cast. It’s […]
dramatic readings
Feb. 15, 2013
Jason Reitman on Bill Murray: ‘He’s Like a Jazz Musician’ “While almost all of the dialogue in original [Ghostbusters] screenplay is echoed on screen, the Venkman character is completely improvised. […]
dramatic readings
Dec. 12, 2012
dramatic readings
Apr. 25, 2012
The Lost Roles of Rainn Wilson Lost Roles is a weekly column that takes a particular comedic performer or writer and dives deep into all of their movie and TV projects that […]
casting couch
Apr. 18, 2012
Jason Reitman May Cast James Van Der Beek In Labor Day , starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin.
Seth Rogen, Christina Hendricks Into Lebowski Live Reading Jason Reitman has really pulled his live reading together.
Does Charlize Theron Cross the Line in Young Adult ? Where’s the fine line when it comes to a lead character’s misbehavior?
Patton Oswalt Just Wanted to Text a Friend How Great He Is in Young Adult
In this excellent PSA for the Alamo Drafthouse, Jason Reitman kicks Patton Oswalt out of a theater for texting during the movie. “There’s no […]
last night on late night
Dec. 14, 2011
Jason Reitman Announced Paul Rudd Will Read Princess Bride Plus: Seth Meyers gave Bill Hader 24 hours to get his Rick Perry down pat, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Movie Review: Young Adult Only Starts Out Strong and Sour The problem with Reitman isn’t that he’s shallow, but that he thinks he’s deep and edgy.
Charlize Theron Is a Terrifying Mean Girl in Young Adult
This red-band scene from Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman’s Young Adult is short, but it’s so densely packed with middle school-type trauma that […]
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