By Simon Miraudo June 7, 2013 Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, former Groundlings and recent Oscar winners for penning The Descendants, make their directorial debut with The Way, Way Back. A sunny, bittersweet tale marked with moments of goofy, cringe-inducing comedy and the occasional saccharine speech, it’s a clear relative of their last, Academy Award […]
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Steve Carell and Toni Collette set to reteam
April 19, 2012 
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Steve Carell and Toni Collette will reteam for the first time since Little Miss Sunshine, Variety reports. The ex-star of The Office and the woman of multiple personalities from United States of Tara are said to be joining forces in Jim Rash and Nat Faxon’s The Way, Way Back. Rash and Faxon last collaborated as […]
Continue readingKristen Wiig to star in action comedy from Descendants scribes
March 1, 2012 0 Comments
Kristen Wiig is set to star in a new action comedy from the Oscar winning screenwriters of The Descendants, Variety reports. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from Community!) have sold an original pitch to Indian Paintbrush with Wiig attached as the lead. There are no further details at this point, but the players involved have us […]
Continue readingNo man is an island – The Descendants review
January 10, 2012 4 Comments
The Descendants – Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There might not be two filmmakers more diametrically opposed – but still operating in the same thematic wheelhouse – than Cameron Crowe and Alexander Payne. The former is warm and fuzzy; the latter is cold and […]
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