Jenn Ficarra

There is a new female coming-of-age movie set to be released that will not only have you shrieking "that was me!" but might have you cringing in your seat because it maybe still is you. The Edge of Seventeen , written and directed by Kelly Fremon…

The moment Emily Blunt first appeared in The Devil Wears Prada I knew — like many — that she was going to be a star. I mean, how could you not? Her performance was perfect, nuanced, and utterly hilarious. And it looks like we were right. Blunt is…

Music makes the movie. I'm sure I'm not the only one to believe this but it's true — a good soundtrack can make or break any film. I firmly believe that one wrong song choice can make a great scene in a film utterly corny or horrible. Luckily, there…

I've always been under the distinct impression that '80s movies are the dirtiest movies. Sure, there are a few late '90s and early '00s teen movies that are pretty raunchy, but there was something especially filthy about the '80s. Not that I'm…

The media can have the power to make or break the public's opinion on a certain topic. Just look at the Amanda Knox trial, for example. The press was extremely influential when it came to reporting on Knox, an American exchange student accused of…

It's always tricky, when writing a movie based on true events, to balance between writing something compelling and sticking as close to the truth as possible. Often with films based on true stories, there are some liberties that are taken for the…

If you're a fan of all things whimsical and weird, you're gonna want to check out Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I mean, it's Tim Burton. It's Eva Green. It's children with super cool powers doing super cool things. What's not to love?…

Unless you live under a rock, the name Amanda Knox might ring a few bells. In 2007, Knox was studying abroad in Perugia, Italy when she was accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, a crime for which Knox was convicted and jailed, before…

The words "scary" and "children's movie" don't usually go hand in hand. But, on occasion, there are some kids' movies that err on the side of scary. Not horror, necessarily, but stories that make you sleep with a nightlight on and perhaps make you…