Topic: Meryl Streep

One Man’s Quest To Watch Julie & Julia Every Day For A Year Ended Last Night With A Party And Amy Adams’ Mom

One Man's Quest To Watch Julie & Julia Every Day For A Year Ended Last Night With A Party And Amy Adams' Mom

Over the past year, you might’ve heard of The Lawrence/Julie & Julia Project, where college student Lawrence Dai endeavored to watch the blog-to-movie Julie & Julia every day starting November 29, 2010 and blog about it. His repeated viewings led to a bevy of funny, off-the-wall posts about racism in the movie, reenactments, and of course recreating Julia Child‘s recipes. Viewing #365 happened last night—not in Lawrence’s Northwestern dorm, but a public screening in Denver attended by his fan club and even Amy Adams‘ mom! More »

A Closer Look At The Dentristry In The Iron Lady Trailer

A Closer Look At The Dentristry In The Iron Lady Trailer

The UK Iron Lady trailer was released today, giving us a two and-a-half minute long look at Meryl Streep as the former English Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. To us Americans, The Iron Lady promises to give us a nice history lesson in British politics, British gender relations and, most importantly, the infamous British dental hygiene. Here’s a look at what’s in store for us, teeth-wise. More »

Actors Have a Tougher Time Than Directors in Swaying Audiences’ Opinions

Actors Have a Tougher Time Than Directors in Swaying Audiences' Opinions

Even though here at Crushable we cover actors more often than directors, would you be surprised to learn that you could sum up most actors’ screen careers as merely “meh”? Using Rotten Tomatoes’ film ratings, Slate compiled several graphs comparing Hollywood career trajectories for, you guessed it, the average actor and director.

While directors receive higher acclaim as they make more and more movies — honing their skills and really getting to the heart of the stories they want to tell, presumably — actors seem doomed to forever hover around the 50% rating no matter how many movies they star in. More »