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Emily Ratajkowski is one of the most beautiful and sensational actresses in the film industry. The American model and actress made her acting debut in a short film titled Andrew’s Alteration, but it wasn’t until her role as Tasha in iCarly that she became a known figure in Hollywood. After that, she starred in multiple films and TV shows and while most of them are not critical darlings, fans of the actress love her regardless. So, if you love Ratajkowski’s performances and largely erotic thriller films here are the best movies and TV shows starring Emily Ratajkowski you could watch.

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Welcome Home is a thriller drama film directed by George Ratliff from a screenplay by David Levinson. The 2018 film follows a young couple during their stay at a vacation home...

It Ends with Us is a romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni from a screenplay by Christy Hall. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name by author Colleen Hoover, the romantic drama film follows the story of Lily Bloom as she moves to Boston to achieve her lifelong dream of opening a business. While running her business she meets Ryle, a charming neurosurgeon, and falls in love with him. But when she sees a side of Ryle that reminds her of her parent’s relationship, their relationship begins to crumble and that’s when her first love Atlas reenters her life. It Ends with Us stars Blake Lively in the lead role with Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer, Jenny Slate, Alex Neustaedter, and Hasan Minhaj starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the drama and romance in Blake Lively’s It Ends with Us here are...

Drew Barrymore recalls filming Never Been Kissed and being asked to “tone it down” because her character, Josie Grossie, was deemed “too unattractive.”

In a recent episode of her talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress talked about her experience while filming the 1999 romantic comedy, the first one from her production company Flower Films.

“At that time, people were very weary of actors being producers,” Barrymore told her talk show guests Christine Taylor and David Lascher. “A lot of it wasn’t necessarily working, and it didn’t mean because you were an actor, you knew how to produce the film. And it was about the economics. So if you didn’t make the film work, and you produced it as an actor, you are likely to not be able to do it again.”

Barrymore said the pressure of acting and producing in the film made her “very stressed,...

Exclusive: Swan Song, Robert McCammon’s bestselling post-apocalyptic novel, is getting the small-screen treatment. Monarch Media and Greg Nicotero and Brian Witten’s Monster Agency Productions are teaming on an action/genre series based on the horror novel.

In Swan Song, following the U.S. government’s nuclear showdown with an unprecedented malevolent enemy, America as it was is gone forever. Now the remaining citizens must fight to stay alive in a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies.

Longtime The Walking Dead executive producer/director Nicotero and Witten will executive produce through Monster Agency, and Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel will executive produce through Monarch Media, along with McCammon. Brandi Hagedorn will co-produce. Nicotero will also direct the pilot. A search is underway for a writer.

“Being a longtime fan of Robert’s novels, his story of survival in a world forever...

A Three’s Company reboot hasn’t happened yet. But that doesn’t mean ideas haven’t been discussed. Suzanne Somers, who played Chrissy Snow on the classic TV show and died on Oct. 15, 2023, once shared her idea for a Three’s Company reboot. It involved her deceased co-star, John Ritter (Jack Tripper), in hologram form, and his son, Jason Ritter.

Somers wanted Chrissy and Jack to be married with a child in a ‘Three’s Company’ reboot

In an April 2022 episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast, Somers shared her idea behind a Three’s Company reboot, explaining how it could continue without Ritter, who died in 2003. Her suggestion: a holographic version of the late actor. (More on that ahead.)

“I had suggested a show where you would imagine that Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper eventually got married and had a child,” Somers said.

The sitcom, which aired from 1977 to 1984, saw Somers...

Exclusive: Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (I Feel Pretty) have closed deals to write and direct Big Pink, an English-language remake of the Spanish dramedy La lista de los deseos for Monarch Media.

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Like the original 2020 film written and directed by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo, the remake will be a heartwarming and funny tale about a group of women from different generations who, after completing treatment for breast cancer, go on a road trip adventure and learn to live life to the fullest.

Steve Barnett and Alan Powell will produce through their Monarch Media shingle, with their Monarch partner Vicky Patel exec producing.

From “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” which pulled in $433 million globally in 2019, to “Sonic the Hedgehog,” which grossed $319.7 million worldwide last year before the pandemic shut down theaters, the message is clear: Gamers and nongamers alike are looking to explore their favorite video game characters and narratives in different mediums.

Gaming developers are getting in on the action as well, forming production arms to work with networks and Hollywood studios to build on their established franchises. Launched by Sony Interactive in 2019, PlayStation Prods. is developing a star-studded series based on its hit game “The Last of Us” with HBO. Activision Blizzard Studios was working on a film series based on its biggest IP, “Call of Duty,” although director Stefano Sollima said in an interview last year that after several delays, the project was “in limbo.”

Ubisoft Film & Television, a subsidiary of game publisher Ubisoft, is taking a different approach. It’s producing...

Ubisoft’s film division has greenlit a feature about senior citizen esports players, to be written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein.

The film is currently untitled and will “follow the rise of an esports team made up entirely of senior citizens as they tackle the world of competitive gaming typically dominated by a younger generation,” Ubisoft told TheWrap.

Silverstein and Kohn have worked together to produce hits like “The Vow” and “Never Been Kissed,” and recently teamed up to direct the 2018 comedy film “I Feel Pretty,” starring Amy Schumer. The untitled esports film is their first venture into directing material about gaming. According to Deadline, Ubisoft Film & Televison’s Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin will produce the film.

Also Read: Why Actor Michael B. Jordan Is Betting Big on Esports

The duo will draw from a story by Wall Street Journal reporter Laura Parker, who chronicled the...

Exclusive: Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the team behind Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty, have been set to write and direct an esports feature for Ubisoft Film & Television.

The currently untitled project will chart the rise of a senior citizen esports team, i.e. a group of competitive video game players, as they tackle the typically youth-dominated world of pro gaming. The story is inspired by Laura Parker’s Wall Street Journal article The Next Generation of Competitive Gamers Is…Over 60?, to which Ubisoft has acquired rights.

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Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin will produce for Ubisoft Film & Television.

Game on!

French video game giant Ubisoft has teamed with Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the co-writers and co-directors of the 2018 Amy Schumer-led comedy I Feel Pretty, to develop a film centered on senior citizens entering the world of esports.

The film, which is currently untitled, is based on a 2019 article in the Wall Street Journal, "The Next Generation of Competitive Gamers Is … Over 60?", by Laura Parker, which focused on a group of seniors who formed a competitive esports team.

Jason Altman, senior vp and head of Ubisoft Film and Television, and Margaret Boykin, director of film development at Ubisoft,...

Game on!

French video game giant Ubisoft has teamed with Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the co-writers and co-directors of the 2018 Amy Schumer-led comedy I Feel Pretty, to develop a film centered on senior citizens entering the world of esports.

The film, which is currently untitled, is based on a 2019 article in the Wall Street Journal, "The Next Generation of Competitive Gamers Is … Over 60?", by Laura Parker, which focused on a group of seniors who formed a competitive esports team.

Jason Altman, senior vp and head of Ubisoft Film and Television, and Margaret Boykin, director of film development at Ubisoft,...

Freeform and Hulu have acquired linear and digital rights to three hit films from STXfilms – Hustlers, The Upside and I Feel Pretty, all set to roll out beginning in 2020. This marks the latest collaboration between Hulu and a Disney cable network, following Hulu and FX’s deal with Lionsgate, and is another vivid illustration of the coalescing of assets under the Disney umbrella. The deal was announced Friday ahead of the networks’ presentation at TCA.

Hustlers and The Upside each have generated over $100 million during their North American theatrical run, while I Feel Pretty, has drawn over $94 million worldwide. The films will simultaneously debut on Freeform and Hulu.

Starting with the Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty in August 2020, the films will premiere day-and-date on both Freeform and Hulu. The Upside, starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman, and Hustlers, starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, will premiere over...

Every year for the past 10 years, Dr. Stacy L. Smith and USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has tracked representation in front of and behind the camera, resulting in the publication of a number of essential reports about the state of the industry. In recent years — and despite an uptick in discussion regarding the need for more diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry — Smith’s studies have often found dismal results. Earlier this year, Smith’s signature “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” report found that of the 112 directors behind the 100 top-grossing movies of 2018, only 3.6 percent were women. Still worse: that percentage was actually down from the year before, when 7.3 percent of the top films were helmed by women.

Now, however, Smith is prepared to offer some good, early news in a new interview with Variety about the changing face of Hollywood’s directing pool. While the year is far from over,...

Exclusive: Jennifer Garner is set to star in Fantasy Camp, a comedy that is set up at STXfilms. Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein are attached to write and direct the feature. They are the helming duo behind the Amy Schumer starring rom-com I Feel Pretty, which was also at STX. The also penned films such as Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, and The Vow with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum.

Fantasy Camp follows Julie to a reunion at the theater camp of her youth, Camp Footlights, where she will get the chance to challenge her fears, live out her dreams, and finally take the stage.

Greg Silverman is producing this project, which we hear was put together by Management 360, who reps both Kohn and Silverstein as well as Garner.

Garner, who is also repped by CAA and Sloane, Offer Weber & Dern, is reuniting...

Jennifer Garner is set to star in STXfilms' musical comedy Fantasy Camp, with Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein to jointly write and direct, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Garner boards a feature that follows a high school teacher who faces her fears and pursues her dreams while attending a Broadway performing-arts camp for adults.

Greg Silverman (Edge of Tomorrow, Lego Movie 2) of Stampede and Adam Kolbrenner will produce. Fantasy Camp represents the latest A-list female-fronted project for Stx.

The film is also based on a spec script written by Sid Karger and sold by Verve and Kolbrenner's Lit Entertainment ...

Jennifer Garner is set to star in STXfilms' musical comedy Fantasy Camp, with Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein to jointly write and direct, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Garner boards a feature that follows a high school teacher who faces her fears and pursues her dreams while attending a Broadway performing-arts camp for adults.

Greg Silverman (Edge of Tomorrow, Lego Movie 2) of Stampede and Adam Kolbrenner will produce. Fantasy Camp represents the latest A-list female-fronted project for Stx.

The film is also based on a spec script written by Sid Karger and sold by Verve and Kolbrenner's Lit Entertainment ...

ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film, the Sundance Institute and IMDbPro, has designated a total of 20 films among 2018’s 100 highest-grossing titles to receive the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films.

The list released Wednesday includes Fox Searchlight’s Oscar Best Picture-nominated The Favourite, Paramount’s Transformers pic Bumblebee, Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time, Stx’s I Feel Pretty and Lionsgate’s The Spy Who Dumped Me. Nine additional films outside the top 100 were awarded stamps after applying (see the full lists below).

The stamp, launched last June, awarded 12 film stamps in 2017. But the group’s 2018 study found continued disparities in female representation and women of color, with just 4% of the top 100 films directed by a female (down from 6% a year ago), and 23% written by a female. A total of 37% featured female leads, with only 9% being women of color.

“While 2017 saw an uptick in films directed by women,...

The ReFrame coalition of industry leaders and IMDBPro have unveiled 20 movies certified as gender-balanced productions among the top 100 box office films released in 2018.

The list includes Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” Paramount Pictures’ “Bumblebee,” Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “The Favourite,” Stx’s “I Feel Pretty,” Lionsgate’s “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” Fox’s “The Hate U Give,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians.”

ReFrame, founded by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, launched the data initiative last June in an effort to recognize and promote gender-balanced films and television shows. It said Wednesday that the increase in recipients of the ReFrame Stamp from 12 in 2017 to 20 stemmed from gains in the roles of department heads and women-of-color leads and co-leads. Still, the report noted that there remained shortfalls in several key areas.

“This positive news within the top 100 films is offset by the significant discrepancy in female hires with...

In 2018, more Hollywood studio films were directed by black filmmakers than at any time before, however the director’s chair still remains overwhelmingly white and male, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s annual “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” report.

Authored by founder/director Dr. Stacy L. Smith, the extensive study primarily examines gender, race/ethnicity, and age in front of and behind the camera, both for film and television, while highlighting barriers and opportunities facing women and people of color in the entertainment industry.

A total of 1,335 directors working on the 1,200 top-grossing films released between 2007 and 2018 were analyzed to identify trends in gender, race, and age.

“Fourteen percent of the directors of the top 100 movies last year were black,” said Dr. Smith, a historically high number that tops 2017’s figure by 270%. “While we do not see this finding mirrored among female or Asian directors, this offers proof...

Black filmmakers made history in 2018. A movie business that has historically been dominated by white men became a little less monochromatic over the last twelve months, as studios apparently became more receptive to public pressure to back projects from a more diverse group of filmmakers.

Fourteen percent of the directors of the top 100 grossing movies last year were black, according to a new report by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. That’s a 270% increase over 2017 and a 200% increase from 2007 in terms of representation and comes after grassroots campaigns such as #OscarsSoWhite brought public attention to the lack of representation in Hollywood.

“All of the activism and attention surrounding the issue of diversity, inclusion, and belonging has shown that the time has come,” said Dr. Stacy L. Smith, the report’s co-author.”This is the first time we’re reporting a major change in representation behind the camera.”

The push for...

As Hollywood moves at a glacial pace towards representation and inclusion in film and TV, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative is here to shed some light on the issue and is leading the charge when it comes to unpacking specifics when it comes to the progress of diversity in front of and behind the camera. Just in time for the new year, they released a new study that saw a dramatic uptick in Black directors who helmed movies in the 100 top-grossing films of 2018.

“Sixteen of the directors of the top 100 movies last year were Black—this historically high figure is nearly three times greater than the 6 Black directors working in 2017 and twice as many as the 8 Black directors working in 2007,” said Professor Stacy L. Smith. “While we do not see this finding mirrored among female or Asian directors, this offers proof that Hollywood can change when it wants to.”

The...

This is the Pure Movies review of I Feel Pretty, starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Tom Hopper, Rory Scovel, Adrian Martinez, Emily Ratajkowski, Aidy Bryant, Busy Philipps, Lauren Hutton and Sasheer Zamata, and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The trouble with I Feel Pretty is, whichever way you approach it, chances are you won’t be doing so impartially. Before it had even been released, the controversy surrounding Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein’s movie meant it had garnered a certain notoriety that implicitly provokes reactions. Schumer detractors, body-positivity champions, misogynists - all were given the ammunition to derive whatever they wanted from it prior to actually seeing it, requiring any genuine response to actively have to wrestle with this bias. This review, in and of itself, cannot hope to avoid this pitfall. What it does hope to do, though, is to tune out any preconceived notions of...

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An insecure woman (Amy Schumer) suffers a head injury that induces the delusion that she is extremely physically attractive. Cowritten and codirected by Abby Kohn.

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Tully

Charlize Theron stars as a new mother overwhelmed by baby care who bonds with her night nanny (Mackenzie Davis). Written by Diablo Cody. (male director)

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The Strangers: Prey at Night

Christina Hendricks and Bailee Madison costar as members of a family terrorized by psychopaths. (male writers and director)

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Mary and the Witch’s Flower [pictured]

Riko Sakaguchi cowrites (with Lynda Freedman cowriting the English version) the story of a little girl (Japanese voice: Hana Sugisaki; English voice: Ruby Barnhill) who stumbles upon a magical world hidden in the countryside. (male director)

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Modern Life Is Rubbish

Freya Mavor costars in this romantic comedy about a couple whose breakup is complicated by their love of music.

The Trainwreck star is never able to reach her toe-curling best in this tale of an office worker who suddenly sees herself anew

On paper, this should be the perfect showcase for Amy Schumer: the title is taken from that girlishly hopeful song in the 1961 musical West Side Story delivered by Natalie Wood, whose gamine image is of course so different from Schumer’s. Yet at almost every stage, Schumer’s routine is weirdly restrained and inhibited due to the film’s high concept: that she becomes an aspirational success, against all the odds. It’s a plot imperative that works against the disaster, embarrassment and cynicism integral to Amy Schumer’s comedy.

The film is written by the romcom veterans Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn, with obvious borrowings from The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty; they are making their joint feature directing debut, and Schumer has a producer credit.

Anyone who has ever seen the infamous Amy Schumer TV special in which she devotes an entire episode to a clever 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957) pastiche, will be only too familiar with just how brilliant she can be. Self-deprecating, subversive and uncompromisingly honest, Schumer made a name for herself by pointing out the superficial nature of those who find her undeserving of her current star-status due to what they regard as an “average look”. However, despite sold-out shows around the world and a hugely popular television series, the comedienne has thus far struggled to replicate that same critical success on the big screen, which if one is completely honest isn’t all entirely her fault, especially when one considers the subpar material she has had to work with this far.

In I Feel Pretty, her third outing as a bona fide comedy actress, Schumer stars as Renee Bennett, an insecure...

The most radical shot in the new Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty is a mid-thirties woman staring at herself. In close-up, the star's face fills the frame: no glamour lighting, no genetically blessed cheekbones, no modern day digital retouching smoothing out the creases. It's what most people see when they look in the mirror, yet Hollywood rarely reflects it back unless the female character is a comic punchline hurled at a recoiling Zach Galifianakis.

Schumer's Renee Bennett, an online service rep for a luxury make-up brand, is fixated on beauty.

Amy Schumer is undeniably funny, so why have her two latest films underperformed?

The comedian’s third starring vehicle “I Feel Pretty,” written and directed by Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn, launched to a soft $16 million last weekend. It’s not a disaster, but it does represent Schumer’s lowest opening for a film yet.

“In terms of her career trajectory, it’s been a declining scale,” box office analyst Jeff Bock said. “It’s a matter of her finding her feet. She’s relatively new on the scene.”

The comedian made her film debut alongside Bill Hader in 2015’s hit “Trainwreck.” The incisive rom-com, written by Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, bowed with $30 million and went on to earn $110 million. That’s an impressive tally, particularly for a genre that has struggled to live up to the glory years of Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts. Audiences were familiar...

To be clear, actress Michelle Williams is not in need of any kind of breakout. The four-time Oscar nominee has spent the last 25 years carving out an enviable career in Hollywood, and she continues to show an immense capacity and interest for very different roles and movies. Her upcoming slate includes a star-studded superhero feature (“Venom”) and a long-awaited turn as Janis Joplin in Sean Durkin’s biopic, plus a new Luca Guadagnino murder mystery, a two-handed thriller alongside Chris Pine, and a remake of the beloved Susanne Bier film “After the Wedding.” Williams can do it all, but she can also still surprise the hell out of her audience.

Look no further than Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn’s “I Feel Pretty,” in which Williams steals every single scene she’s in, thanks to her bonkers work as makeup magnate Avery LeClair. While the film is mostly concerned with...

John Krasinski’s surprise hit “A Quiet Place” has returned to its No. 1 slot in its third weekend at the domestic box office with $20 million from 3,808 theaters, up 219 sites from last weekend.

In second is last weekend’s box office topper, Dwayne Johnson’s “Rampage,” with about $18 million from 4,115 theaters. The action film opened to $35 million last weekend, narrowly beating out “A Quiet Place’s” second frame.

“A Quiet Place” stars Krasinski and wife Emily Blunt as a couple trying to keep their family safe in a world populated by aliens that hunt based on sound. The Paramount film has grossed a respectable $116 million through Friday, including $56 million from foreign markets.

In its first seven days, Warner Bros.’ “Rampage” has earned $187 million globally to a $120 million production budget, with $141 million from overseas. Directed by Brad Peyton and also starring Naomie Harris, the film follows Johnson’s scientist David Okoye, who...

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An alien explores Earth and human life by inhabiting the body of a young woman (Lauren Ashley Carter). Written and directed by Natasha Kermani.

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Cordula Kablitz-Post writes, with Susanne Hertel, and directs this historical biography of the influential and unconventional 19th-century writer, played, at various ages, by Helena Pieske, Liv Lisa Fries, Katharina Lorenz, and Nicole Heesters.

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Sky Bergman directs this documentary about the wisdom and experience that has accumulated with a group of elderly women (and men).

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[This story contains spoilers from I Feel Pretty.]

In this era of Hollywood revivals and reboots, there's still one beloved throwback genre that hasn't yet been dusted off for 2018 audiences: character-driven comedies from the '80s like Big, Tootsie and Working Girl. At least, that's according to writer-directors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein — who released their latest, and first title they helmed, I Feel Pretty, in part to fill the void.

Kohn and Silverstein are perhaps best known for writing romantic comedies like Never Been Kissed, He's Just Not That Into You and Valentine's Day as well as the more dramatic...

<strong>[This story contains spoilers from<em> I Feel Pretty</em>.]</strong>

In this era of Hollywood revivals and reboots, there's still one beloved throwback genre that hasn't yet been dusted off for 2018 audiences: character-driven comedies from the '80s like <em>Big</em>, <em>Tootsie</em> and <em>Working Girl</em>. At least, that's according to writer-directors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein — who released their latest, and first title they helmed, <em>I Feel Pretty</em>, in part to fill the void.

Kohn and Silverstein are perhaps best known for writing romantic comedies like <em>Never Been Kissed</em>, <em>He's Just Not That Into You </em>and <em>Valentine's Day</em> as well as the more dramatic ...

Amy Schumer’s “I Feel Pretty” earned $1 million at the Thursday box office.

In comparison, Schumer’s “Trainwreck” earned $1.8 million in previews in 2015 before it grossed $30 million in its opening weekend, whereas last year’s “Snatched” grossed $650,000 on Thursday night before opening to $19.5 million. “I Feel Pretty” is aiming for a $13 million to $15 million opening weekend, based on a production budget of $32 million.

“I Feel Pretty” stars Schumer as Renee, who after a head injury during a workout class sees her body in a completely new perspective and has a newfound confidence to live life fearlessly. The film, written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, also stars Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Aidy Bryant, Busy Philipps and Tom Hopper.

Also Read: 'I Feel Pretty' Film Review: Amy Schumer Teaches a Despicable Lesson in Self-Love

“Super Troopers 2” earned $1.35 million from 1,850 locations on Thursday night, with showings starting at 4:20 p.m. To compare, Universal’s “Blockers” earned $1.5 million in previews a couple weeks ago, and had an opening weekend of $20.5 million.

It is the sequel to the cult comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar, which was released in February 2002 and opened to $6.2 million — $9.8 million in today’s dollar.

The sequel is written by and stars the Broken Lizard comedy team, which includes Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske as a group of bumbling Vermont State Troopers. When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the group sets up an outpost in the disputed land, and their arrival isn’t welcomed by the Canadians. Brian Cox, Seann William Scott, Lynda Carter, and Rob Lowe also star.

Also Read: Amy Schumer's 'I Feel Pretty' Braces for Ugly Box Office Debut

Finally, there’s Codeblack/Lionsgate’s “Traffik,” a thriller written and directed by Deon Taylor that stars Paula Patton as a journalist whose romantic getaway with her boyfriend is shattered after they accidentally come into possession of a phone belonging to a group of sex traffickers. Lionsgate is giving the film a targeted release of around 1,000 screens with a projected opening of $4 million after grossing $225,000 in previews on Thursday.

“A Quiet Place” is looking at a third weekend total in the low $20 million range, with “Rampage” expected to take a 45-50 percent drop and make a second weekend total in the high teens — the film starring Dwayne Johnson earned another 1.9 million on Thursday night for a domestic cumulative of $45.6 million.

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I Feel Pretty is an under-written romantic comedy with an obvious message about what’s important in life. Amy Schumer stars as Renee Bennett, a 30-ish single gal despondent with the way she looks, believing she’ll never find happiness because she’s not “undeniably pretty”. She works for the Lily LeClaire beauty products company, but they keep her in a basement office, out of sight of their clientele. As an average-size woman (slightly overweight), Renee must suffer the indignity of having to wear double-wide shoes and be told that she should look for clothes her size on line. She wishes for the miracle of physical beauty, and after throwing a coin in a fountain fails to do the trick, she whacks her head on an exercise bike during a SoulCycle class, and is knocked unconscious. She wakes up, looks in the mirror and sees herself as slim and gorgeous,...

I Feel Pretty is about as confident as its leading lady, according to critics. Written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the film—in theaters Friday—stars Amy Schumer as Renee Barrett, an insecure single woman in a dead-end job. She suddenly gains self-confidence after a freak accident leads her to believe she looks "like a supermodel." "I hope this movie reaches everyone, but I personally made this for my 12-year-old self," Schumer said at the premiere, "and I hope you guys could heal your 12-year-old selves tonight." Fans got their first look at I Feel Pretty in February, and it immediately caused a stir on social media. "When the trailer came out, I...

As we discussed on Monday, Amy Schumer has come a long way in a short period of time, in terms of her A-list status. This week, she gets another starring vehicle in I Feel Pretty, which plays with Schumer’s persona in an interesting way. With the embargo up, I can say that I found the movie rather charming. Schumer is unafraid to poke fun at herself, but she also manages to make this a film about female confidence. Where things ultimately end up helps make this a bit of popcorn cinema with a worthy message found within its center. Consider me charmed. The film, as I wrote a few days ago, is a new comedy for the actress to sink her teeth into. According to IMDb and Stx Films, this is the plot: “In I Feel Pretty a woman who struggles with feelings of deep insecurity and low self-esteem,...

Amy Schumer’s very R-rated film breakthrough Trainwreck was a hit with critics and audiences looking for the kind of edgy material that made the self-confident and raunchily funny comic a success before Hollywood came calling. Her star vehicle with Goldie Hawn last year, Snatched, was not well received but carried the same R rating one would associate with the Emmy-winning star of Inside Amy Schumer.

But with her latest outing, I Feel Pretty, the humor is defanged and the raunch virtually non-existent in order to get a PG-13 — and a pretty tame PG-13 at that. With this comedy, Schumer attempts to take her admirable positive self-esteem and status as a role model for full-bodied sexiness and flip it on its head. What we are left with, as I say in my video review above, is mostly a one-joke premise spread out to feature length by directors and screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein.

At the outset of “I Feel Pretty,” Amy Schumer plays a woman who doesn’t believe she’s beautiful. If you agree with her, then the comedian’s high-concept body-image satire — in which a nasty concussion gives her supposedly schlubby character an empowering shot of self-confidence — is liable to be hilarious. If, on the other hand, you accept that real women have curves, then this full-frontal takedown of the fashion industry’s impossible beauty standards actually feels quite tragic, since the on-fire actress comes across as trying way too hard to convince herself of what anyone can plainly see: that she’s amazing.

Unfortunately for many American women — but conceivably good for the movie’s box office chances — contemporary audiences have been so corrupted by heavily airbrushed magazine spreads, surgically enhanced supermodels, and unrealistically proportioned porn stars that they’ll readily accept Schumer as a dowdy fixer-upper. In a fearless move,...

More Than a Feeling: Kohn & Silverstein Compose Meaningful, Imprecise Satire on Body Shaming

Screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, known for adolescent minded portraits of heteronormative romance from white, female perspectives (such as their 1999 breakout Never Been Kissed and the 2009 adaptation of He’s Just Not That Into You) at last happen upon something more meaningful for their directorial debut, I Feel Pretty. An examination of the virulent, misogynistic body shaming, tied irrevocably into the double standard with which our culture behaves towards, consumes, and regulates the female body, is told with a surprising dollop of sincerity through…...

“I Feel Pretty” makes a lot of sense on paper. After becoming America’s foremost chronicler of female self-esteem issues through her Emmy- and Peabody-winning Comedy Central sketch series, Amy Schumer finally has the chance to give her tortured public persona a happy ending.

An average-looking woman (by Hollywood standards) consumed by the desire to be “undeniably pretty” bonks her head, wakes up believing she’s beautiful and learns that her anxieties about her looks kept her from fully embracing life. Confidence, not conventional beauty, was what she needed all along. Like her commitment-phobia rom-com “Trainwreck,” the project is on brand for Schumer, while softening her edges for a broad audience.

So what went so, so wrong?

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Written and directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (first-time helmers who penned “How to Be Single,” “The Vow,” and “He’s Just Not That Into You”), “I Feel Pretty” is an honest-to-God fiasco. Virtually every single aspect of this rigidly unfunny comedy is botched, from the characters to the plot, the themes to the core message.

For a long stretch, Michelle Williams threatens to steal the picture, playing the funniest character she’s played in ages. But ultimately she, too, gets lost in the ineptitude that defines this film.

“I Feel Pretty” was clearly adapted for Schumer’s talents, a sensible move so poorly implemented that it ends up being one of the film’s greatest drawbacks. Schumer’s Renee Bennett is supposed to be an everywoman whose insecurities about her appearance are relatable, if extreme.

Also Read: Amy Schumer Claps Back at 'I Feel Pretty' Critics: 'We All Struggle With Self-Esteem'

She works for Lily LeClaire, an upscale makeup company headed by its namesake founder (Lauren Hutton) and her granddaughter Avery (Williams), but Renee is stuck in a basement outpost, forever looking into the Midtown headquarters from the outside. That is, until a cranial injury during SoulCycle has her convinced that she’s attractive enough to go for a receptionist position at the model-filled main office.

We’re meant to identify with Renee as the woman-next-door gaslighted into thinking she’s an ogre. But Renee is also written as a monstrous egomaniac and a painfully basic bitch, two archetypes that Schumer often plays. The script’s tone-deafness reaches a particularly low point when Renee signs up for a grubby bikini contest at a dank bar on a first date, sticks her finger into a stranger’s mouth — and her good-guy plus-one (Rory Scovel, “The House”) finds her wannabe-stripper antics charming and seductive. Self-love and body acceptance have seldom smelled so much like stale beer.

Renee’s proximity to Avery, a sheltered heiress with a chipmunk voice and a heart of gold leads to the discovery that drugstore-makeup-using Long Island native Renee might be a valuable consultant for Lily LeClaire’s upcoming Target line. Williams masterfully parodies the studied fragility of a certain class of New York women, and Schumer excels in the scenes in which she sells Renee’s self-hatred and her jubilation at being “beautiful.”

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But no other character, including Renee’s love interest and her two undifferentiated friends (Aidy Bryant and Busy Philipps), has any coherent personality at all. And Renee is so shambolically and jaggedly written that, by the time her big realization-cum-monologue arrives, all I wanted was for her to stop talking.

Occasionally, a human moment glints among the muddle. A late moment when a character points out how sad it is that Renee’s “wildest dream” is merely to be pretty is fleeting but wise. But such lines are all too rare, and ostensibly hilarious ones, like when Renee gets called “sir” by some random dude, are much more common. And the scenes where Renee, an adult woman, learns that conventionally attractive women have problems too simply feel condescending.

The movie that “I Feel Pretty” should have been deserves to be made. This version, in which a narcissist learns to love herself as is, feels far less necessary.



Read original story ‘I Feel Pretty’ Film Review: Amy Schumer Teaches a Despicable Lesson in Self-Love At TheWrap...

Hanging with Amy Schumer – a genuine comedy rock star – is always fun, especially when she's the lead writer on the movies and TV shows she appears in (hello, Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer). I Feel Pretty is not written by Schumer, though she reportedly had input – and the disconnect shows. The script is the handiwork of Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (How to Be Single, Never Been Kissed), who are also making a wobbly directorial debut that results in erratic pacing and a litany of mixed messages. Internet trolls have...

The last time that Amy Schumer starred as the female clad of a major romantic-comedy, her casting was treated as some kind of subversive act. And, to a certain extent, maybe it was. On the one hand, a blonde, white, able-bodied comedienne on 3,000 movie screens probably shouldn’t be hailed as the Jackie Robinson of meet-cutes just because she wasn’t Weird-Scienced by a focus group of horny teenage boys in a secret Hollywood lab. On the other hand, when some male critics are inspired to say things like “there’s no way she’d be an object of heated romantic interest in the real world,” it’s all too easy to appreciate why Schumer had to write her own role if she ever wanted to play the lead in a mainstream love story.

What a difference three years makes. For one thing, Schumer no longer has to write her own movies.

Critics are not necessarily feeling the love for Amy Schumer's latest comedy, I Feel Pretty. Early reviews are in, and the film sits at 34 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The film follows Schumer's character, a woman struggling with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy, who wakes from a head injury believing she is suddenly the most beautiful and capable woman in the world.

In addition to the Trainwreck star, the film also features Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Rory Scovel, Saturday Night Live standout Aidy Bryant, Busy Philipps, Game of Thrones' Tom Hopper, Adrian Martinez and Lauren Hutton.

Screenwriters Abby Kohn...

Critics are not necessarily feeling the love for Amy Schumer's latest comedy, <em>I Feel Pretty</em>. Early reviews are in, and the film sits at 34 percent on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_feel_pretty_2018/" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.

The film follows Schumer's character, a woman struggling with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy, who wakes from a head injury believing she is suddenly the most beautiful and capable woman in the world.

In addition to the <em>Trainwreck</em> star, the film also features Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Rory Scovel, <em>Saturday Night Live</em> stand-out Aidy Bryant, Busy Philipps, <em>Game of Thrones</em>' Tom Hopper, Adrian Martinez and Lauren Hutton.

Screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc ...

Amy Schumer’s new comedy “I Feel Pretty” is on track for a disappointing third-place finish in its debut this weekend — a marked decline in the comedian’s fortunes at the box office.

Three years ago, Schumer left a big mark on the box office with her debut film “Trainwreck,” which opened to $30 million and went on to gross $140.7 million worldwide. But last year’s sophomore effort, “Snatched,” flopped in the shadow of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” opening to $19.5 million and only grossing $60.8 million globally.

“I Feel Pretty,” which stars Schumer as a woman who is knocked out while trying to lose weight and wakes up with a completely new perspective about her body, is opening in 3,400 locations. Unlike Schumer’s previous films, “I Feel Pretty” is rated PG-13 instead of R. This could help the film — the directorial debut of Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein — find a wider audience in coming weeks.

Also Read: Amy Schumer Claps Back at 'I Feel Pretty' Critics: 'We All Struggle With Self-Esteem'

Analysts who spoke with TheWrap say that Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” and New Line’s “Rampage” will once again contend for the No. 1 spot, with the edge being given to “A Quiet Place” after it held its second-weekend drop-off to 34 percent.

“A Quiet Place” is looking at a third weekend total in the low $20 million range, with “Rampage” expected to take a 45-50 percent drop and make a second weekend total in the high teens.

This weekend’s list of wide releases consists of two other films that are all expected to open to under $20 million.

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Fox Searchlight’s “Super Troopers 2,” the sequel to the cult comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar. It was released in February 2002 and opened to $6.2 million — $9.8 million in today’s dollars — and the sequel is expected to open to $8-9 million this weekend.

The film is written by and stars the Broken Lizard comedy team, which includes Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske as a group of bumbling Vermont State Troopers. When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the group sets up an outpost in the disputed land, and their arrival isn’t welcomed by the Canadians. Brian Cox, Seann William Scott, Lynda Carter, and Rob Lowe also star.

Also Read: 'Super Troopers 2' Red-Band Trailer Reunites Broken Lizard for More Madness (Video)

Finally, there’s Codeblack/Lionsgate’s “Traffik,” a thriller written and directed by Deon Taylor that stars Paula Patton as a journalist whose romantic getaway with her boyfriend is shattered after they accidentally come into possession of a phone belonging to a group of sex traffickers. Lionsgate is giving the film a targeted release of around 1,000 screens with a projected opening of $4 million.

With Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” a week away, most studios are giving this weekend a wide berth. No studio wants to put out a major release this weekend only to have moviegoers ignore it next week in favor of the most anticipated film of the year.

In fact, Warner Bros. moved “Rampage” up to last week after “Avengers” was bumped from May 4 to April 27.

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At the Los Angeles premiere for comedy “I Feel Pretty” starring Amy Schumer, the directors and cast addressed the negative reaction the trailer generated after the film’s message was perceived to be that confidence stems solely from body image.

The film follows Schumer’s character Renee who has low self-esteem until she hits her head and wakes up feeling beautiful and confident. Nothing physically has changed about Renee, but when she looks in the mirror she considers herself “undeniably pretty.”

On the red carpet, co-writers and co-directors Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn, who have worked together for more than 20 years writing films such as “Never Been Kissed” and “The Vow,” agreed that people should see the movie instead of guessing the message based on the trailer. “We were disappointed because people were discussing a movie that they hadn’t yet seen, which always is going to leave a lot of holes in their understanding,...

New Line’s Dwayne Johnson monster mash and John Krasinski’s horror thriller will continue to battle for No. 1 with industry box office sources predicting that a clear winner won’t be decided until Saturday. Each title is expected to pull in $20M-$21M.

Currently through five days Rampage has grossed $41.6M while A Quiet Place has cleared $105.7M in the middle of week 2. Paramount’s A Quiet Place won Monday at the box office with $2.6M, while Rampage won the today with $3.4M over the former’s $3.1M.

The rest of the box office is expected to ease, which is typical before a huge giant hits the marquee, that being Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War which many are expected to earn $220M over three days starting on Thursday night, April 26.

STXfilms has their Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty which they acquired U.S. and U.K. rights...

If you’re looking for measured, considered discussions about current events, the internet probably isn’t the place for you. Filmmakers Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn learned that lesson the hard way back in February, when the first trailer for their comedy “I Feel Pretty” hit the web. Amy Schumer stars in the film as Renee, a seemingly regular gal with low self-esteem who literally wacks herself — she cracks her head open during a particularly bad SoulCycle class — into believing she’s the most beautiful and confident woman in the world.

It didn’t go over well.

Social media backlash to the trailer was so immediate and widespread that it became a Twitter Moment. Comedian Sofia Hagen took to the platform with her concerns, writing a long thread that opened with some questions, “Who is this supposed to resonate with? Before we can enjoy the premise, surely we have to...

I can’t believe it’s already been three years since Amy Schumer made her movie debut. Now Schumer’s new movie is the directorial debut of Hollywood writing team Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The duo wrote rom-coms Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s Day and How To Be Single, as well as the straight rom-drama The Vow. They met at USC in the ‘90s. After a number of hit movies, studios began sending them screenplays to direct, but Silverstein and Kohn decided to write their own. Schumer plays Renee Bennett, a woman who signs up for SoulCycle […]

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For our latest installment in the Spotlight on the Stars series, I wanted to look at one of the top comedy actresses in the business right now. Of course, I’m talking about Amy Schumer, who took Hollywood by storm a few years ago. An A-list comedic actress, Schumer still has a whole career in front of her, despite the high status already achieved. With a new comedy hitting this week in I Feel Pretty, what a perfect time to talk Schumer some more. We’ll get back to the film itself later in the week, but for now…the focus is all on her! The latest stand up comic to transition to acting, Schumer has also been a high profile figure in terms of the crusade for gun control. Between her comedy background, the talents she’s displayed on the big screen, and the passion for social justice displayed over the past few years,...