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In Emma Mackey’s very first screen role, on the Netflix series Sex Education, she played a rebellious teen. As the star of James L. Brooks’ new film Ella McCay, the British-French actor felt she truly had to grow up. That’s partly the nature of what the director was asking her to do. In Brooks’ screwball comedy about an ambitious politician, Mackey mainly plays Ella at age 34. At the time of…

Perhaps you’ve seen the poster for Ella McCay and marveled at its title character, a woman who’s clearly trying to Have It All—by which I mean she’s futzing with a high heel while wearing a sensible overcoat and dress. James L. Brooks’s new film, his first in 15 years, feels like a throwback to the kind of light dramedy Hollywood doesn’t make anymore, a movie where the stakes are no higher than…

“I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” Movie Review: Emma Mackey battles political scandal and wooden script in ‘Ella McCay’ And finally, nearly two hours into a perplexing muddle of a storyline, we have some clarity of thought. No, dear, we want to tell Ella, played by the lovely Emma…

Ella McCay, a new comedy drama written and directed by James L Brooks, feels like a relic, and not just because it’s set, seemingly arbitrarily, in 2008. Broadly appealing, well cast, neither strictly comic nor melodramatic, concerning ordinary people in non-IP circumstances, it’s the type of mid-budget adult film that used to appear regularly in cinemas in the 90s and aughts, before the…

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10 February 2021 Honorable Senator Dan McCay Utah State Senate 320 State Capitol Salt Lake City, UT  84114 Honorable Senator McCay: I hope this message finds you well.  With any luck, the pandemic has left your team those you love alone.  If we all work together, we will get back to normal soon. Every year, a few red states pass anti choice bills.  Somewhere along the way, these bills get…

Tales to Astonish: Statix Press latest graphic novels are, simply, a joy to behold

Titan Comics Statix Press imprint has already published some terrific, high quality books since its inception, but this week sees the publication of two truly wonderful graphic novels, re-published in English for the very first time.

For those unaware, the imprint showcases the best comics from Europe and around the globe while introducing audiences to fresh new creators and titles. For me, one…