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 ...

James L. Brooks returns with a lieutenant governor comedy that might leave you more confused than amused. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

The best aspect of “Ella McCay,” opening Friday, is that it’s a James L. Brooks movie that feels like it. The filmmaker who gave us “Terms of Endearment” (1983), “Broadcast News” (1987) and “As Good ...

Film fans like to lament, “they don’t make them like they used to,” specifically about the kinds of wry, life-affirming dramedies that director James L. Brooks perfected back in the 1980s and ‘90s, ...

Imperfections are typically what make the 'Terms of Endearment' director's movies so relatable, but in this ill-conceived portrait of a perfectionistic politician, the characters are phony to a fault.

Running time: 115 minutes. Rated PG-13 (strong language, some sexual material and drug content). In theaters. In the pantheon of James L. Brooks films, “Ella McCay” is far from as good as it gets.

James L. Brooks’ new comedy “Ella McCay” is such a nice movie that the fact that it isn’t really very good doesn’t matter much; you enjoy watching it, even though when it’s over you’ll struggle to ...

Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Woody Harrelson, Albert Brooks and Ayo Edebiri also star in this portrait of a young woman whose family and professional lives lurch between trauma and hope. By David ...

The birthday boy is in East Lansing. The Pat Fitzgerald press conference Tuesday introducing him as Michigan State football coach has ended. We have the video of Fitzgerald's press conference at MSU ...

Ella Bleu, the daughter of John Travolta and the late Kelly Preston, just made a skin-baring appearance on the cover of HardCopy Magazine’s “Fantazia” issue. Wearing a long black Monot coat and Saint ...

Ella Langley is all about intuition (and some good dancin’) on “Choosin’ Texas.” On Wednesday night, the country star performed her latest single — a pointed ballad about her man’s new girl from the ...