If you were ever a young bookworm, the name "Judy Blume" likely meant a lot to you. The celebrated author has been behind some of the best loved YA novels since the '70s, including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., Blubber, and the Fudge series. Over the past four decades, her books have sold over…
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When Hop came out last month, bringing James Marsden back into the public eye, I wondered one thing: where the hell is Straw Dogs? Rod Lurie scripted and directed a remake of Sam Peckinpah's polarizing film nearly two years ago, putting the movie into production in late 2009. Doing so attracted no small amount of…
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John Stockwell is a director who has consistently disappointed me throughout his career. Stockwell showed promise with his 2001 film Crazy/Beautiful, starring Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez, but has since made a series of clunkers: Blue Crush, Into the Blue and Turistas. I'm not sure why Stockwell got stuck into a tropical water slump, but…
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