Jason Reitman

ReThink Review: Young Adult -- The Return of the (Prom) Queen

Jonathan Kim | Posted 03.20.2012

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Jonathan Kim

Young Adult is clearly set up as award bait for Charlize Theron, who gets the chance to be unlikable in almost every way.

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My Lunch With Charlize Theron of Young Adult

Jay Weston | Posted 02.18.2012

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Jay Weston

After taking a sabbatical for three years ("I was happily busy doing other creative things"), Charlize Theron is back in a stunning new movie, Young Adult, and I am delighted to report that it is a real winner in every respect.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Jason Reitman on Young Adult

Dan Persons | Posted 02.15.2012

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Dan Persons

Bless screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman their twisted, little hearts. Young Adult isn't season-specific, but it does serve as a healthy counterbalance to all that holiday growth and belonging.

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Paul Rudd To Read 'The Princess Bride'

Posted 12.14.2011

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Prepare yourself for something inconceivable! Jason Reitman stopped by "The Tonight Show" to promote his deliciously awkward high school comedy, "...

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The 10 Best Films of 2011

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.11.2012

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Marshall Fine

The Descendants is my favorite film of the year for its ability to find the pain, dignity and humor in the story of a man watching his way of life die, even as he has to act as steward to its demise.

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Ashley Reich

Would You Break Up With Charlize Theron?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ashley Reich | Posted 12.09.2011

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Oscar-award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody makes no apologies for Mavis Gary, the leading lady of her newest film "Young Adult." The whiskey-drinkin...

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Jordan Zakarin

Stars Go Balls Out & Make A Brave Choice

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 02.05.2012

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Diablo Cody had a choice to make. After disappointing critics and audiences with her 2010 film, "Jennifer's Body," the Oscar-winning screenwriter bega...

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Movie Review: Young Adult

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.05.2012

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Marshall Fine

People in Minnesota have this reputation for being "nice" that Diablo Cody seems determined to undermine -- which she does in slashingly funny style in Jason Reitman's Young Adult.

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Hollywood Stars Remember High School

Posted 12.05.2011

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High school is one of the few experiences that never leaves us. Whether you're headed to the cafeteria this minute or making plans for your 50th reuni...

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Jordan Zakarin

This Star Has A Very, Very Important Message

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 01.31.2012

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"What I wish they would tell kids in high school is that you have to understand that high school is an artificially compressed ecosystem where it's al...

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Movie Review: Young Adult

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.30.2012

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Scott Mendelson

Young Adult is a surprisingly potent and insightful dramedy, all the more effective for its understated nature and its off-the-cuff black comedy construction.

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Out to Lunch With Charlize Theron

Regina Weinreich | Posted 01.30.2012

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Regina Weinreich

It is hard to feel sorry for Charlize Theron. The Academy Award-winning actress, for the role of Aileen Wuomos in Monster when she was famously puffed up and made up to emphasize the serial killer's tough look, is in fact very pretty, like the most popular girl in your high school.

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Charlize Theron's Young Adult and the Crisis of Narcissism in Our Popular Culture

Govindini Murty | Posted 01.29.2012

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Govindini Murty

Theron's Mavis is the classic narcissist: cut off from objective reality, lacking any concern for other people, insecure in private but willing in public to ride roughshod over anyone and everything in order to gratify her whims.

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Charlize Theron Ruins Her Dress, Goes Ballistic In Public

Posted 01.29.2012

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One of the great joys of "Young Adult" is that its protagonist, Charlize Theron's Mavis Gary, is unrelenting in her awfulness: she's coarse, self-indu...

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Sasha Bronner

PHOTOS: An Arianna Huffington 'Young Adult' Celebration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 11.25.2011

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Tuesday night, at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, AOL and The Huffington Post hosted a screening of "Young Adult," a new film written by Diablo ...

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Charlize Theron's Boozy Encounter

Posted 11.17.2011

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Charlize Theron is really showing off her range nowadays. The Oscar-winner, who is starring as the ruthless, youth-sucking evil queen in "Snow White a...

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Getting Back To Work

Posted 11.17.2011

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While she has tip-toed her way back on to the scene, with baby Aleph in tow, Natalie Portman will be returning to Hollywood Friday night for her first...

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Directors Feud With Bizarre, Amazing Twitter Rant

Posted 12.17.2011

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If Rian Johnson is looking for a story for his next film, he need look no further than his own Twitter feed. The quirky writer/director, who helmed...

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Charlize Theron is A Whiskey-Swilling Mess

Posted 12.06.2011

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Sure, she's not a serial killer, but Charlize Theron's new role doesn't cast her in a very sweet light at all. Theron, who won a Best Actress Oscar f...

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PHOTO: Watch Out, Bridget Jones!

Posted 11.06.2011

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Even though there's another "Bridget Jones" in the works, she might have some competition. Jason Reitman, who's churned out quirky, colorful hits ...

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'Juno' Director Divorcing

tmz.com | 45 Minutes Ago by TMZ Staff   | Posted 08.21.2011

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Academy Award nominated director Jason Reitman -- the guy who did "Juno" and "Up In the Air" --  is pulling the plug on his nearly seven-year marriag...

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Kate Winslet In Murderer Love Drama

Posted 08.16.2011

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True love is so rare in this world, you've got to take it where you can get it. Though when it's with a convicted murderer, things are a bit dicier. ...

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PHOTOS: 'Juno' Director's Home For Sale At $1.595 Million

Posted 06.09.2011

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Via The LA Times: Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman has recently put his Beverly Hills home on the market for $1.595 Million. Reitman is ...

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Son of the Fonz Makes Comedy From Pain

Erica Abeel | Posted 06.06.2011

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Erica Abeel

Despite the old plot chestnut of crashing a wedding, Ceremony feels quirky and heart-felt. It fashions comedy from, one suspects, the filmmaker's pain, creating a direct pipeline from life to screen.

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2010 Workers' Voice Awards: Worker Worthy Pop Culture Standouts

Wyatt Closs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wyatt Closs

Wanna honor Labor Day but not work at it? Check out any of these pop culture expressions from the last year. Just in time for your nod to Labor Day, ...

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