!['Ella McCay' - James L. Brooks Returns to Directing 15 Years Too Late [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Ella-McCay-Review-660x371.webp "Ella McCay Review")
Ella McCay is hitting theaters this holiday season, and it marks director James L. Brooks' first feature film in 15 years. Known for romantic dramedies with biting wit, Brooks' latest project fails to live up to his great works such as Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets. The new film takes place
I have to admit that when it was first announced, writer/director James L. Brooks’ picture Ella McCay, I wasn’t terribly impressed. The Simpsons co-creator’s first film since 2010’s How Do You Know, early talk of a woman dealing with politics and family dramedy just hadn’t sparked
DC Studios is branching out. Instead of following the normal comic-book movie playbook, we're getting a movie based on the Batman villain, Clayface. Clayface is an interesting look at what we can do when a comic-book villain gets humanized a bit. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an
"The Debut" turns a comedy that pokes fun at the sincerity of the local stage and elevates it to a fascinating character study of a woman on the edge. While still being hilarious.
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.
