UPDATE: Playboy has put the Hugh Hefner movie on hold after director Brett Ratner was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, per The Wrap. “We are deeply troubled to learn about the accusations against Brett Ratner. We find this kind of behavior completely unacceptable,” a Playboy rep told the …
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Movies about writers so rarely work that it’s a wonder anyone still tries to make them. Rebel in the Rye tries very hard to get inside the head of J.D. Salinger as he struggles to write The Catcher in the Rye. Solid idea; spineless execution. Danny Strong, in his feature …
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