There’s a lot going on in this troubled-girl-on-a-journey story, which recalls the late-’90s proliferation of books like Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Prozac Nation and Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted. Brittany Snow’s directing debut doesn’t so much add to that canon as dust it down a bit for a new generation, and its success is mostly attributable to its empathetic star Courtney Eaton — the deserving winner of a SXSW Special Jury Recognition for Performance — whose low-key work anchors a needlessly busy film that never quite settles down.
A lot is packed into the opening salvo, from the moment we see Riley (Eaton) sitting on the curb outside a forbiddingly nondescript building, scrolling through pages and pages of narcissistic Instagram influencers. It will come as no surprise when we find out, shortly after that, that she’s been in for a fairly serious disorder she’ll describe variously as...
A lot is packed into the opening salvo, from the moment we see Riley (Eaton) sitting on the curb outside a forbiddingly nondescript building, scrolling through pages and pages of narcissistic Instagram influencers. It will come as no surprise when we find out, shortly after that, that she’s been in for a fairly serious disorder she’ll describe variously as...
- 3/20/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
A look at the stars in movies, TV, music, sports and media we lost this year
David Stern,
The former longtime commissioner of the NBA died Jan. 1 following a brain hemorrhage, according to a statement from current NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. He was 77.
Andrew Burkle
Andrew Burkle, an aspiring film producer and the son of billionaire Ron Burkle, died Jan. 6 in his Beverly Hills home, according to People Magazine. He was 27.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
The author of the seminal 1994 memoir “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America” died in a Manhattan hospital on Jan. 7 at age 52.
Silvio Horta
Silvio Horta, creator of ABC comedy series “Ugly Betty,” was found dead in a Miami motel room Jan. 7. He was 45.
Read original story Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2020 (Photos) At TheWrap...
David Stern,
The former longtime commissioner of the NBA died Jan. 1 following a brain hemorrhage, according to a statement from current NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. He was 77.
Andrew Burkle
Andrew Burkle, an aspiring film producer and the son of billionaire Ron Burkle, died Jan. 6 in his Beverly Hills home, according to People Magazine. He was 27.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
The author of the seminal 1994 memoir “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America” died in a Manhattan hospital on Jan. 7 at age 52.
Silvio Horta
Silvio Horta, creator of ABC comedy series “Ugly Betty,” was found dead in a Miami motel room Jan. 7. He was 45.
Read original story Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2020 (Photos) At TheWrap...
- 7/13/2020
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Harry Hains, an actor and producer who had appeared on “American Horror Story: Hotel,” “The Oa,” “Sneaky Pete” and “The Surface,” died on Tuesday. He was 27.
Hains’ mother, actress Jane Badler who starred on NBC’s sci-fi series “V,” confirmed her son’s death in a heartfelt Instagram post Thursday night. “On Jan 7 my beautiful son died,” she wrote. “He was 27 and had the world at his feet. But sadly he struggled with mental illness and addiction. A brilliant spark shone bright too short a time .. I will miss you Harry every day of my life …”
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Hains then lived in London and New York, but was residing in Los Angeles at the time of his death. Badler did not state the cause of death, saying only that a service will be held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Sunday on Jan. 12 at 3 p.
Hains’ mother, actress Jane Badler who starred on NBC’s sci-fi series “V,” confirmed her son’s death in a heartfelt Instagram post Thursday night. “On Jan 7 my beautiful son died,” she wrote. “He was 27 and had the world at his feet. But sadly he struggled with mental illness and addiction. A brilliant spark shone bright too short a time .. I will miss you Harry every day of my life …”
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Hains then lived in London and New York, but was residing in Los Angeles at the time of his death. Badler did not state the cause of death, saying only that a service will be held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Sunday on Jan. 12 at 3 p.
- 1/10/2020
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Elizabeth Wurtzel, best known for her confessional memoir “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America,” died Tuesday in a New York City hospital, the New York Times reports. She was 52.
According to Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed, the cause of death was leptomeningeal disease, a a condition that results from cancer spreading to the cerebrospinal fluid. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.
Wurtzel first gained recognition at the age of 26 after “Prozac Nation” became a best-seller in 1994. Due to the memoir’s incredibly open and startling dialogue regarding her substance abuse, sexual encounters, self-mutilation, the book is credited with piloting the public conversation on clinical depression. Her first person account of events also earned her credit for igniting the new era of the first person narrative and memoir genre of the internet’s primitive years. Her memoir was later adapted into a feature length film starring Christina Ricci in...
According to Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed, the cause of death was leptomeningeal disease, a a condition that results from cancer spreading to the cerebrospinal fluid. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.
Wurtzel first gained recognition at the age of 26 after “Prozac Nation” became a best-seller in 1994. Due to the memoir’s incredibly open and startling dialogue regarding her substance abuse, sexual encounters, self-mutilation, the book is credited with piloting the public conversation on clinical depression. Her first person account of events also earned her credit for igniting the new era of the first person narrative and memoir genre of the internet’s primitive years. Her memoir was later adapted into a feature length film starring Christina Ricci in...
- 1/7/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Elizabeth Wurtzel — the author of the best-selling memoir Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America — died in a New York City hospital on Tuesday, according to the New York Times. She was 52 years old.
Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed cited the cause of death as complications from leptomeningeal disease, a condition that results from cancer spreading to the cerebrospinal fluid. Wurtzel was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.
Wurtzel first rose to prominence at the age of 26 with the memoir Prozac Nation, which documented her struggles with depression and substance abuse.
Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed cited the cause of death as complications from leptomeningeal disease, a condition that results from cancer spreading to the cerebrospinal fluid. Wurtzel was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.
Wurtzel first rose to prominence at the age of 26 with the memoir Prozac Nation, which documented her struggles with depression and substance abuse.
- 1/7/2020
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Chloe Catchpole May 11, 2017
Not many may have seen the Christina Ricci-headlined film adaptation of Prozac Nation. But it's a film with a real power to it.
One of the most damaging stigmas surrounding mental health is shame. The personal pressure to maintain a ‘normal’ façade is all consuming and perpetually draining. It is an onerous full time job shrouded in secrecy.
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Others see a functioning human being - working, chatting, socialising with an occasional laugh or smile - but behind closed doors in the personal confines of home nothing could be further from the truth. We mask the all-encompassing darkness that seeps into every anxiety-ridden moment, a private...
Not many may have seen the Christina Ricci-headlined film adaptation of Prozac Nation. But it's a film with a real power to it.
One of the most damaging stigmas surrounding mental health is shame. The personal pressure to maintain a ‘normal’ façade is all consuming and perpetually draining. It is an onerous full time job shrouded in secrecy.
See related Doctor Who: Thin Ice geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: The Pilot geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: Smile geeky spots and Easter eggs Doctor Who: Knock Knock geeky spots and Easter eggs
Others see a functioning human being - working, chatting, socialising with an occasional laugh or smile - but behind closed doors in the personal confines of home nothing could be further from the truth. We mask the all-encompassing darkness that seeps into every anxiety-ridden moment, a private...
- 5/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Oil!: Skjoldbjaerg’s Latest an Icy Conspiracy Thriller
Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjaerg has remained a hard director to peg ever since his celebrated 1997 debut, Insomnia, which predated the Nordic Noir craze that seems to have dominated the output of cinema from that region of the world for the better half of the last decade. A well intentioned English language debut followed with an adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s memoir, Prozac Nation, which received a maligned theatrical release, while his next two features (including an Ibsen update) never received Us distribution. Luckily his latest endeavor, Pioneer, which revisits real events from the early 80s Norwegian oil boom, will give him a bit more international attention. A mixture of native and American cast members, Skjoldbjaerg throws the events into a tangled web of conspiracy that sometimes seems to get a bit ahead of itself. But without a doubt, it’s an...
Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjaerg has remained a hard director to peg ever since his celebrated 1997 debut, Insomnia, which predated the Nordic Noir craze that seems to have dominated the output of cinema from that region of the world for the better half of the last decade. A well intentioned English language debut followed with an adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s memoir, Prozac Nation, which received a maligned theatrical release, while his next two features (including an Ibsen update) never received Us distribution. Luckily his latest endeavor, Pioneer, which revisits real events from the early 80s Norwegian oil boom, will give him a bit more international attention. A mixture of native and American cast members, Skjoldbjaerg throws the events into a tangled web of conspiracy that sometimes seems to get a bit ahead of itself. But without a doubt, it’s an...
- 12/1/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s 1997 directorial debut, Insomnia is a prescient prototype of what would now be termed Nordic Noir in today’s global film market. At the time of its release, it was one of the first Norwegian films of international note in quite some time, with Skjoldbjaerg joining the ranks of other notable newcomers like Pal Sleutane and Bent Hamer. An inverted film noir, utilizing light instead of shadow, there’s a cold blankness to the film, making it a sort of waking nightmare. When all is visible, there’s no place to hide, forcing the film’s protagonist into internalized retreat, escaping into himself. Too much light engages a similar sort of madness as the eternal shadows.
The murder of a teenage girl opens the film, shot on grainy super 8 while we witness the killer cleaning up the act. To investigate, a Swedish police officer stationed in Oslo, Jonas...
The murder of a teenage girl opens the film, shot on grainy super 8 while we witness the killer cleaning up the act. To investigate, a Swedish police officer stationed in Oslo, Jonas...
- 7/29/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 'The Bachelorette' Recap: It Is All Personal Youth is not wasted on the young so much as maturity is wasted on the old. by Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelorette, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, barely concealed male rage, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. It is all personal. Everything is very personal. Never tell someone that it was nothing personal: the bell tolls for thee. Reality TV is deeply personal. The Bachelorette is ultramega deeply personal. Andi’s quest for true love is revealing of so many truths,...
- 6/3/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 'The Bachelorette' Recap: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Don Draper I have lived by the same rules he does, and my life is excellent. by Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelorette, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, barely concealed male rage, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Everything I need to know I learned from Don Draper. Do excellent work. Look amazing and dress impeccably, even if you are only lounging at home. Be nice, always; only be not-nice in an emergency; only be mean when there [...]...
- 5/27/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 'The Bachelorette' Recap: In the Horserace “Talent is desire run amok.” by Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelorette, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, barely concealed male rage, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. California Chrome, a pretty chestnut colt, won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness by pulling up from behind and crossing the finish line ahead by nearly a couple of lengths. That is not about the body; it’s about the spirit: that horse loves to win. A different animal would see others in the lead [...]...
- 5/20/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: The Final Rose Nikki is a genius. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Anyone who wants to win anything — Olympic gold, a Fulbright, a Pulitzer, a presidential election — should watch this season of The Bachelor on demand and pay close attention to winner Nikki Farrell. Obviously, if you just want to receive the final rose on The Bachelor, that goes without saying. But Nikki is brilliant, and there is only...
- 3/11/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: The Women Tell All This is a contest like any other sport or bloodsport. by elizabeth wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. So I watched The Bachelor: The Women Tell All, and it made me feel better about life. I should say: I don't feel bad about life. I feel quite good. But I figured a room full of Bachelor contestants would put the kibosh on that. Prior to sitting through...
- 3/6/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: The Fantasy Suite and The Opposite of Love For all we know, they played Go Fish and talked about ideas. For all we know. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. There is no purer decadence and fun than a one-night stand: It is sex for its own sake. In her extraordinary 1973 classic Fear of Flying — which everyone must read — Erica Jong coined the "zipless fuck," which proceeds from eye-lock [...]...
- 2/26/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: Emotional Blather Galore You have to remember, Juan Pablo is a professional. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. You have to remember, Juan Pablo is a professional. He is not just a bachelor: he is The Bachelor. He wants to win. He wants to be somebody's boyfriend, and then some lucky girl's husband. Or else, why would he go through this? Yes, it may look like he has it [...]...
- 2/25/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s The Bachelor Recap: Better Things to Do All is fair in love and war. Which really means: nothing is fair at all. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. All is fair in love and war. Which really means: nothing is fair at all. Or as Snoops said on The Wire, after killing at least twenty-two people for no reason: Deserve got nothing to do with it. This week on The Bachelor, Sharleen denied reality [...]...
- 2/18/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 'The Bachelor' Recap: Armchair Anthropologists “The course of true love never did run smooth.” By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. The Bachelor has been enormously popular for eighteen seasons, and I am sure it will be for at least eighteen more. This is not because it is the stupidest thing ever – or not only. It is not even because, as with all reality TV, we would gladly stretch our necks like rubberbands to...
- 2/11/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s The Bachelor Recap: All the Promises Will Be Broken Nothing feels more like escape than to go back on your word By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another season of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Tonight we'll be free/ All the promises will be broken. So exudes Bruce Springsteen in the bridge of "Thunder Road," the triumphant track that opens his 1975 breakthrough album Born To Run. It is a song so exuberant, it has been covered by both Phish and Badly Drawn Boy, [...]...
- 2/4/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's The Bachelor Recap: A Victory for Feminism We've come a long way, baby. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Sometimes I think an honest viewer of The Bachelor will glean only one lesson: If you are pretty and sexy, nothing else matters. It is possible that absolutely everything in our culture suggests or even screams this, but if there is a place for Clare the annoying hairstylist in The Bachelor mansion, then looks [...]...
- 1/28/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 'The Bachelor' Recap: The Prettiest Girls In The Room, All in a Room Together Heaven help us with all their goddamn feelings. by Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another episode of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all of her opinions on the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Here is some advice: If you are noticeably beautiful, with legs as long as a traffic pole, and as an 18-year-old NBA dancer you get pregnant by your basketball player boyfriend, you must have an abortion. This is not a philosophical argument that any intelligent...
- 1/21/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: Fake Pregnancies, Fake Snow, Real Tears If you are the right kind of person, every time the subway stops you are in the middle of a potential orgy. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another season of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. The thing about The Bachelor is: it's really weird. As they say about academia, the fights are so vicious, because the stakes are so low. I watched a behind-the-scenes special that included Clearasil close-ups of the women who were rejected...
- 1/14/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
Elizabeth Wurtzel's 'The Bachelor' Recap: Countdown to Juan Pablo What’s in a name? A lot. By Elizabeth Wurtzel It’s time for another season of The Bachelor, America’s pre-eminent reality show for romantic group dates, high-profile rejections, crying pharmaceutical saleswomen, and rendering the phrase “true love” utterly meaningless through ceaseless repetition. This season, we have asked Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch, to confront our favorite national circus nightmare. Join Elizabeth each Tuesday for all the squabbling and hot-tubbing that’s fit to air on ABC. Here is the truth, and the answer to Shakespeare's question: There is a lot in a name. If your parents want your life to be substantial, they give you a serious name, like mine or anything else biblical or Anglo-Saxon. And if your parents are hoping you will someday have plump silicone breast implants, that you...
- 1/6/2014
- by Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Nerve
It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 7/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
A lawsuit filed by New York-based book publisher Penguin Group is seeking repayment on advances paid to several notable authors who failed to deliver their contractually obligated books. The Smoking Gun has obtained a copy of the breach of contract/unjust enrichment complaint filed with the New York State Supreme Court. Among the defendants named is Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of the zeitgeisty 1994 novel Prozac Nation that would later become a movie starring Christina Ricci. Wurtzel signed a $100,000 contract in 2003 to write "a book for teenagers to help them cope with depression." Penguin is demanding the $33,
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- 9/26/2012
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two weeks ago, it was announced that Cabin in the Woods, the horror flick produced and co-written by Joss Whedon, would finally get a release date after years of sitting on the shelf. It's set for April 2012. Then yesterday, in even more surprising news, a release date was miraculously set for Margaret, Kenneth Lonergan's long-delayed follow-up to You Can Count on Me. That film, which stars Matt Damon and Anna Paquin, has been delayed now for six years, mostly because Lonergan couldn't finish the edit, which led to a lot of squabbles with the studio. Those two movies -- along with Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, which also recently received a release date -- were among the list of the Six Highly Anticipated Films You May Never Get to See, which we ran back in May.
However, long delays have rarely been kind to a film's box-office prospects, and if history is any indication,...
However, long delays have rarely been kind to a film's box-office prospects, and if history is any indication,...
- 8/4/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
We Gen-Xers are getting too old to wear ironic T-shirts or pine for Winona Ryder. And that includes you, Douglas Coupland
Generation X is generally defined as those born from 1961 to 1981, which means – I can scarcely bring myself to type these words – that the first Gen-Xers turn 50 this year.
God, I feel ill. The only social tribe I've ever identified with is over the hill, or at least on the cusp of it. Forget that I'm four years older than Jesus was when he founded a major religion; forget that my beard is getting more grey than John Major's famously monochromatic underpants. Xers are turning 50, and that makes me feel old. And while I'm near enough to the centre of the Gen-x timeline that the dreaded Five-o won't arrive for a while, I'm also near enough to the start that I can make it out, just about, in the distance.
Generation X is generally defined as those born from 1961 to 1981, which means – I can scarcely bring myself to type these words – that the first Gen-Xers turn 50 this year.
God, I feel ill. The only social tribe I've ever identified with is over the hill, or at least on the cusp of it. Forget that I'm four years older than Jesus was when he founded a major religion; forget that my beard is getting more grey than John Major's famously monochromatic underpants. Xers are turning 50, and that makes me feel old. And while I'm near enough to the centre of the Gen-x timeline that the dreaded Five-o won't arrive for a while, I'm also near enough to the start that I can make it out, just about, in the distance.
- 5/8/2011
- by Darragh McManus
- The Guardian - Film News
Elizabeth Wurtzel (yes, that Elizabeth Wurtzel) recently published a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled The Internet is Killing American Movies and Music, the point of which seems to be –– an emphasis on the seems –– wrapped up in its final couple of sentences. After boldly making the case that Pete Yorn should be more famous than he is, Wurtzel bitches for a bit about how downloading has decreased not just the profitability but the intrinsic value of music and movies as compared to the fine, object-oriented arts like painting and sculpture. Implying the falsehood that movies and pop music are more inherently American than these mediums because "We'll never overwhelm the planet with brushes and clay and pencils th ...
- 8/11/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
If there were any doubts that Christina Ricci is one of the most interesting, resourceful and hugely watchable young actresses of her generation, then "Prozac Nation" ends them.
Her performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen. It's not easy to make an audience want to watch an impossible personality. She's Jekyll and she's Hyde all the time, and it's tearing her apart.
The movie is standard-issue woman-under-the-influence material, better than "Girl, Interrupted", less graphic than "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and made with genuine concern about this area of mental illness. The film will engage mainly female audiences in North America and many overseas venues. Critical reaction and possible awards for Ricci certainly will help sell a movie that is, after all, no walk in the park.
Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, director Erik Skjoldbjaerg and writers Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky and Frank Deasy lay things out with crystal clarity. Lizzie (Ricci) might have been prone to depression anyway, but with her early family life she never stands a chance.
A chain-smoking, neurotically self-obsessed mother (Jessica Lange in a truly scary performance) raises her in New York after her father (Nicholas Campbell) -- an even more self-centered character, if that's possible -- all but deserts the family.
Lizzie's writing carries her far -- all the way to a Harvard scholarship and published pieces in Rolling Stone. But at the university, her life falls apart. Understandably terrified of rejection, she nonetheless alienates everyone close to her: an admiring roommate (Michelle Williams), who really "gets" her; her first lover Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who turns her on to recreational drugs; and a caring fellow student (Jason Biggs), whom she anoints her "savior."
Seemingly, Lizzie can connect only with Lou Reed -- the rocker puts in an appearance at an underground music venue. Those closest to her put her in panic mode. Her therapist (an icy Anne Heche) realizes that only by remaining aloof can she reach a soul in such turmoil. Eventually, she prescribes Prozac -- the cure-all drug of the 1980s -- to help Lizzie get "a perspective" and rebuild her identity.
Ricci has mesmerizing eyes and a face that is open one moment and opaque the next. In this role, she uses her eyes and face to reflect not only the emotional turmoil but also the anger at her self-destructive actions. Ricci makes you realize how tough it is for Lizzie to be Lizzie. She doesn't like herself much but nevertheless clings to life.
The movie, though, is perhaps too Crystal Clear. The other actors are very good at establishing exactly what kind of people their characters are and how they will respond in all circumstances. Consequently, there are few surprises. No one can step out of character to lend Lizzie a helping hand. In fact, the movie is practically a commercial for medication over human compassion, which is unfortunate though possibly true in many cases.
Skjoldbjaerg's attempts to visualize Lizzie's moods through speeded-up action and fuzzy double images remind you of bad student films of the '70s and '80s. Otherwise, he directs with intelligence and is smart enough to realize that with Ricci as his star, the less fuss the better.
Cinematographer Erling Thurmann-Andersen goes for somber, dark tones, while editor James Lyons moves things along at a crisp pace.
PROZAC NATION
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
A Given production
Producers:Galt Niederhoffer, Brad Weston, R. Paul Miller
Director:Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Screenwriters:Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky, Frank Deasy
Based on the book by:Elizabeth Wurtzel
Executive producers:Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography:Erling Thurmann-Andersen
Production designer:Clay A. Griffith
Costume designer:Terry Dresbach
Editor:James Lyons
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lizzie:Christina Ricci
Sarah:Jessica Lange
Dr. Diana Sterling:Anne Heche
Rafe:Jason Biggs
Ruby:Michelle Williams
Noah:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Donald:Nicholas Campbell
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Her performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen. It's not easy to make an audience want to watch an impossible personality. She's Jekyll and she's Hyde all the time, and it's tearing her apart.
The movie is standard-issue woman-under-the-influence material, better than "Girl, Interrupted", less graphic than "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and made with genuine concern about this area of mental illness. The film will engage mainly female audiences in North America and many overseas venues. Critical reaction and possible awards for Ricci certainly will help sell a movie that is, after all, no walk in the park.
Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, director Erik Skjoldbjaerg and writers Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky and Frank Deasy lay things out with crystal clarity. Lizzie (Ricci) might have been prone to depression anyway, but with her early family life she never stands a chance.
A chain-smoking, neurotically self-obsessed mother (Jessica Lange in a truly scary performance) raises her in New York after her father (Nicholas Campbell) -- an even more self-centered character, if that's possible -- all but deserts the family.
Lizzie's writing carries her far -- all the way to a Harvard scholarship and published pieces in Rolling Stone. But at the university, her life falls apart. Understandably terrified of rejection, she nonetheless alienates everyone close to her: an admiring roommate (Michelle Williams), who really "gets" her; her first lover Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who turns her on to recreational drugs; and a caring fellow student (Jason Biggs), whom she anoints her "savior."
Seemingly, Lizzie can connect only with Lou Reed -- the rocker puts in an appearance at an underground music venue. Those closest to her put her in panic mode. Her therapist (an icy Anne Heche) realizes that only by remaining aloof can she reach a soul in such turmoil. Eventually, she prescribes Prozac -- the cure-all drug of the 1980s -- to help Lizzie get "a perspective" and rebuild her identity.
Ricci has mesmerizing eyes and a face that is open one moment and opaque the next. In this role, she uses her eyes and face to reflect not only the emotional turmoil but also the anger at her self-destructive actions. Ricci makes you realize how tough it is for Lizzie to be Lizzie. She doesn't like herself much but nevertheless clings to life.
The movie, though, is perhaps too Crystal Clear. The other actors are very good at establishing exactly what kind of people their characters are and how they will respond in all circumstances. Consequently, there are few surprises. No one can step out of character to lend Lizzie a helping hand. In fact, the movie is practically a commercial for medication over human compassion, which is unfortunate though possibly true in many cases.
Skjoldbjaerg's attempts to visualize Lizzie's moods through speeded-up action and fuzzy double images remind you of bad student films of the '70s and '80s. Otherwise, he directs with intelligence and is smart enough to realize that with Ricci as his star, the less fuss the better.
Cinematographer Erling Thurmann-Andersen goes for somber, dark tones, while editor James Lyons moves things along at a crisp pace.
PROZAC NATION
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
A Given production
Producers:Galt Niederhoffer, Brad Weston, R. Paul Miller
Director:Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Screenwriters:Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky, Frank Deasy
Based on the book by:Elizabeth Wurtzel
Executive producers:Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography:Erling Thurmann-Andersen
Production designer:Clay A. Griffith
Costume designer:Terry Dresbach
Editor:James Lyons
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lizzie:Christina Ricci
Sarah:Jessica Lange
Dr. Diana Sterling:Anne Heche
Rafe:Jason Biggs
Ruby:Michelle Williams
Noah:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Donald:Nicholas Campbell
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Hollywood actress Christina Ricci is attempting to overcome a grave problem - she's a terrible flirt. Successfully grabbing the attention of the opposite sex is a skill she's yet to master and she remains a very clumsy learner. Ricci moans, "When I like a guy, sometimes I'll be sarcastic and that can backfire on me. Boys don't understand that I'm just trying to flirt." And her misjudgment has also led to disastrous dates. She recalls, "There was this hot guy who I really wanted to go out with. I threw in a couple of Sat-vocabulary type words during our conversation, and he said, 'You like to use big words, don't you?' Doing that is just kind of a fun game we play in my family. And when I told this guy that my upcoming movie Prozac Nation was based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's book, he said, 'I don't read books.' That was it for me."...
- 5/30/2002
- WENN
If there were any doubts that Christina Ricci is one of the most interesting, resourceful and hugely watchable young actresses of her generation, then "Prozac Nation" ends them.
Her performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen. It's not easy to make an audience want to watch an impossible personality. She's Jekyll and she's Hyde all the time, and it's tearing her apart.
The movie is standard-issue woman-under-the-influence material, better than "Girl, Interrupted", less graphic than "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and made with genuine concern about this area of mental illness. The film will engage mainly female audiences in North America and many overseas venues. Critical reaction and possible awards for Ricci certainly will help sell a movie that is, after all, no walk in the park.
Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, director Erik Skjoldbjaerg and writers Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky and Frank Deasy lay things out with crystal clarity. Lizzie (Ricci) might have been prone to depression anyway, but with her early family life she never stands a chance.
A chain-smoking, neurotically self-obsessed mother (Jessica Lange in a truly scary performance) raises her in New York after her father (Nicholas Campbell) -- an even more self-centered character, if that's possible -- all but deserts the family.
Lizzie's writing carries her far -- all the way to a Harvard scholarship and published pieces in Rolling Stone. But at the university, her life falls apart. Understandably terrified of rejection, she nonetheless alienates everyone close to her: an admiring roommate (Michelle Williams), who really "gets" her; her first lover Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who turns her on to recreational drugs; and a caring fellow student (Jason Biggs), whom she anoints her "savior."
Seemingly, Lizzie can connect only with Lou Reed -- the rocker puts in an appearance at an underground music venue. Those closest to her put her in panic mode. Her therapist (an icy Anne Heche) realizes that only by remaining aloof can she reach a soul in such turmoil. Eventually, she prescribes Prozac -- the cure-all drug of the 1980s -- to help Lizzie get "a perspective" and rebuild her identity.
Ricci has mesmerizing eyes and a face that is open one moment and opaque the next. In this role, she uses her eyes and face to reflect not only the emotional turmoil but also the anger at her self-destructive actions. Ricci makes you realize how tough it is for Lizzie to be Lizzie. She doesn't like herself much but nevertheless clings to life.
The movie, though, is perhaps too crystal clear. The other actors are very good at establishing exactly what kind of people their characters are and how they will respond in all circumstances. Consequently, there are few surprises. No one can step out of character to lend Lizzie a helping hand. In fact, the movie is practically a commercial for medication over human compassion, which is unfortunate though possibly true in many cases.
Skjoldbjaerg's attempts to visualize Lizzie's moods through speeded-up action and fuzzy double images remind you of bad student films of the '70s and '80s. Otherwise, he directs with intelligence and is smart enough to realize that with Ricci as his star, the less fuss the better.
Cinematographer Erling Thurmann-Andersen goes for somber, dark tones, while editor James Lyons moves things along at a crisp pace.
PROZAC NATION
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
A Given production
Producers:Galt Niederhoffer, Brad Weston, R. Paul Miller
Director:Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Screenwriters:Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky, Frank Deasy
Based on the book by:Elizabeth Wurtzel
Executive producers:Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography:Erling Thurmann-Andersen
Production designer:Clay A. Griffith
Costume designer:Terry Dresbach
Editor:James Lyons
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lizzie:Christina Ricci
Sarah:Jessica Lange
Dr. Diana Sterling:Anne Heche
Rafe:Jason Biggs
Ruby:Michelle Williams
Noah:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Donald:Nicholas Campbell
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Her performance as a Harvard undergrad battling clinical depression compels your attention every moment she is on screen. It's not easy to make an audience want to watch an impossible personality. She's Jekyll and she's Hyde all the time, and it's tearing her apart.
The movie is standard-issue woman-under-the-influence material, better than "Girl, Interrupted", less graphic than "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and made with genuine concern about this area of mental illness. The film will engage mainly female audiences in North America and many overseas venues. Critical reaction and possible awards for Ricci certainly will help sell a movie that is, after all, no walk in the park.
Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, director Erik Skjoldbjaerg and writers Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky and Frank Deasy lay things out with crystal clarity. Lizzie (Ricci) might have been prone to depression anyway, but with her early family life she never stands a chance.
A chain-smoking, neurotically self-obsessed mother (Jessica Lange in a truly scary performance) raises her in New York after her father (Nicholas Campbell) -- an even more self-centered character, if that's possible -- all but deserts the family.
Lizzie's writing carries her far -- all the way to a Harvard scholarship and published pieces in Rolling Stone. But at the university, her life falls apart. Understandably terrified of rejection, she nonetheless alienates everyone close to her: an admiring roommate (Michelle Williams), who really "gets" her; her first lover Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who turns her on to recreational drugs; and a caring fellow student (Jason Biggs), whom she anoints her "savior."
Seemingly, Lizzie can connect only with Lou Reed -- the rocker puts in an appearance at an underground music venue. Those closest to her put her in panic mode. Her therapist (an icy Anne Heche) realizes that only by remaining aloof can she reach a soul in such turmoil. Eventually, she prescribes Prozac -- the cure-all drug of the 1980s -- to help Lizzie get "a perspective" and rebuild her identity.
Ricci has mesmerizing eyes and a face that is open one moment and opaque the next. In this role, she uses her eyes and face to reflect not only the emotional turmoil but also the anger at her self-destructive actions. Ricci makes you realize how tough it is for Lizzie to be Lizzie. She doesn't like herself much but nevertheless clings to life.
The movie, though, is perhaps too crystal clear. The other actors are very good at establishing exactly what kind of people their characters are and how they will respond in all circumstances. Consequently, there are few surprises. No one can step out of character to lend Lizzie a helping hand. In fact, the movie is practically a commercial for medication over human compassion, which is unfortunate though possibly true in many cases.
Skjoldbjaerg's attempts to visualize Lizzie's moods through speeded-up action and fuzzy double images remind you of bad student films of the '70s and '80s. Otherwise, he directs with intelligence and is smart enough to realize that with Ricci as his star, the less fuss the better.
Cinematographer Erling Thurmann-Andersen goes for somber, dark tones, while editor James Lyons moves things along at a crisp pace.
PROZAC NATION
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
A Given production
Producers:Galt Niederhoffer, Brad Weston, R. Paul Miller
Director:Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Screenwriters:Galt Niederhoffer, Alex Orlovsky, Frank Deasy
Based on the book by:Elizabeth Wurtzel
Executive producers:Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography:Erling Thurmann-Andersen
Production designer:Clay A. Griffith
Costume designer:Terry Dresbach
Editor:James Lyons
Color/stereo
Cast:
Lizzie:Christina Ricci
Sarah:Jessica Lange
Dr. Diana Sterling:Anne Heche
Rafe:Jason Biggs
Ruby:Michelle Williams
Noah:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Donald:Nicholas Campbell
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/10/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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