Email Author ELLA TAYLOR

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 10, 2008

  "Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 24, 2008

  "Waugh adn Remembrance"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 25, 2008

  "From Reverence to Rape"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 11, 2008

  "The Women: Ladies Night"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 11, 2008

  "Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 10, 2008

  "Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 24, 2008

  "Waugh and Remembrance"

• 2009 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 25, 2008

  "From Reverence to Rape"

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2008 Stories by ELLA TAYLOR

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  COVER STORY

  Our Critics Rate the Best Movies of 2008

  published December 25, 2008

  Critical MassThe best movies of 2008Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way... More >>

• John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt' Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism

  published December 11, 2008

  J’Accuse!Doubt wags the finger of moral relativismBack in the early 1980s, when I was a... More >>

• Welcome to 'Australia,' Baz Luhrmann's Not-Quite-Marvelous Land of Oz

  published November 27, 2008

  Somewhere Over the Date LineWelcome to Baz Luhrmann’s not-quite-marvelous land of OzYou don’t have to... More >>

• 'Bolt,' Disney's Latest 'Toon, Is a Starry Dog Story

  published November 20, 2008

  Leashed LightningBolt, Disney’s latest ’toon, is a starry dog storyWith his... More >>

• Angelina Jolie Takes on a Serial Killer and the System in Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling'

  published October 30, 2008

  Go Ahead, Make Her DayAngelina Jolie takes on a serial killer and the system in Clint Eastwood’s... More >>

• Kristin Scott Thomas Shines As a Child Killer in Middlebrow French Melodrama 'I've Loved You So Long'

  published October 23, 2008

  Monster MomKristin Scott Thomas shines as a child killer in middlebrow French melodrama Carnal passion... More >>

• 'The Secret Life of Bees' Is All Honey, No Sting

  published October 16, 2008

  Buzz KillThe Secret Life of Bees is all honey, no sting  A young woman fights off her brutal... More >>

• Once Grand, 'The Women' Is Now Just Another Chick Flick

  published September 11, 2008

  Ladies LightOnce grand, The Women is now just another chick flick Even without the 14-year struggle to get... More >>

• [Web Exclusive!] 'Mamma Mia!' drains the fun out of ABBA

  published July 17, 2008

  Thank You For the Music But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA I've... More >>

• 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan': Adam Sandler Is a Mossad Baddie Turned Stylist the Bubbes Will Love

  published June 5, 2008

  Hairpiece in the Middle East Adam Sandler returns as a Mossad baddie turned stylist, and the bubbes will love... More >>

• Despite the Labels and Levity, the Big-Screen 'Sex and the City' Is a Poor-Man's Knockoff

  published May 29, 2008

  The Joylessness of Sex Despite the labels and levity, the big-screen SATC is a poor-man's... More >>

• 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' Ups the Action and Loses Some Magic

  published May 15, 2008

  Prince (Less) Charming Facing Indy at the box office, Narnia sequel ups the action and loses some... More >>

• Ridiculous Al Pacino Stars in Ridiculous Running-Down-the-Clock Thriller '88 Minutes'

  published April 17, 2008

  Murder Inc. Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller88 Minutes More >>

• Miss Pettigrew Goes Mainstream

  published March 6, 2008

  Incredible Shrinking Women The mainstreaming of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day For an obscure tale of a... More >>

• Teen Comedy Charlie Bartlett Could Use a Dose of Mean

  published February 21, 2008

  Dweeb Rules Teen comedy Charlie Bartlett could use a dose of mean Like most wannabe heroes of the... More >>

• The tangled web that is The Spiderwick Chronicles

  published February 14, 2008

  The Spiderwick Chronicles is both a smart children's fantasy and a CGI-dependent weepieFreudians disheartened by the Bearded One's... More >>

• Adventures in Gangsterland

  published February 7, 2008

  No celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell's eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy and gloriously unilateral, they... More >>