‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Smart & Funny Directing Debut Gifts Mom Leslie Mann With Dynamite Lead Role – Toronto Film Festival

‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Smart & Funny Directing Debut Gifts Mom Leslie Mann With Dynamite Lead Role – Toronto Film Festival

Don’t dare call Maude Apatow a mere “nepo baby.” Her winning directorial debut proves she has the chops behind the camera as well as in front (Euphoria), Apatow name or no Apatow name. Poetic License, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in a prime Saturday night slot, is evidence of…

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‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Review: Live-Action Take Subtly Stretches The Original’s Wingspan

‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Review: Live-Action Take Subtly Stretches The Original’s Wingspan

Fifteen years and some change after Universal and DreamWorks launched the first of its three successful animated How to Train Your Dragon movies, their live-action remake, complete with CGI dragons, cruises along with a nice tailwind from 2010’s first adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s books, which earned an Oscar nomination for Animated Feature. While certain details…

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