Tag Archives: Jennifer Lopez

Purgatory Dance Party

Posted on 05/01/2012 by

[Contains toe-tappin’ SPOILERS] I know just how Richard Gere’s character feels at the start of Shall We Dance? (2004), sitting alone on the train home, staring up at the window of a track-side dance studio, mesmerised by the young woman … Continue reading →

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Monstrous

Posted on 11/08/2011 by

In his review of Monster-in-Law (2005) for The AV Club, Nathan Rabin opined: “It’s not hard to imagine the militant Jane Fonda of 1972 angrily denouncing [this movie] as insulting Hollywood claptrap trafficking in regressive, reactionary, blatantly sexist gender codes.” … Continue reading →

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No Messin’

Posted on 25/07/2011 by

A few weeks ago I was saying how turned off I was by the later seasons of Will & Grace… but when a stack of season six box-sets appeared on sale in a local remaindered bookshop, I couldn’t resist picking … Continue reading →

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Meh-hattan

Posted on 05/07/2011 by

Maid in Manhattan (2002) was on TV t’other night, and for some reason the masochistic completist in me feels compelled to watch all of Jennifer Lopez’s rom-coms (so long as it doesn’t actually cost me anything). For those who don’t … Continue reading →

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Planning To Fail

Posted on 16/04/2011 by

Having apparently run out of decent J-Lo flicks to enjoy, I was reduced to watching The Wedding Planner (2001) on TV last Sunday. Shudder. For those who don’t know, Lopez plays the eponymous planner, ‘Mary Fiore’, who is so consumed … Continue reading →

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Crimes and Passion

Posted on 02/04/2011 by

Still on a J-Lo kick, I picked up a copy of Out of Sight (1998), which Wikipedia classifies as a “crime film”, but I tend to think of more as a rom-com. Go figure. Lopez plays ‘Karen Sisco’, a smart, … Continue reading →

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The Great American Nightmare

Posted on 28/03/2011 by

The other day I was idly flicking through the channels when I spotted Jennifer Lopez judging up a storm on American Idol. Naturally I flicked away again as soon as the contestants started singing, but that brief exposure was enough to remind … Continue reading →

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