![]() The Lost City just barely misses the mark of being a family movie. Still, it offers plenty of romance to scratch the itch of anyone looking for their heart to flutter, so it makes for a nice date movie at least. The Lost City doesn't take itself too seriously, leaning into being a comedy more than any other genre, and it works really well. Both have successfully starred as dramatic actors as well as comedic ones, and it's especially refreshing to see Bullock return to a lighter performance, especially after most of her recent roles have been in thrillers or dramas like Bird Box and The Unforgivable. Tatum is over 15 years younger, but their romance surprisingly works on screen as they have an obvious chemistry (and their age difference is never really defined). The end result is a light-hearted and fun romp through the jungle that should have enough laughs, action and romance to appease the pickiest of viewers.ĭespite Sandra Bullock pushing 60 years old, she still looks good for her age and has plenty of spring left in her step for a role like this. Attempting to come to her rescue is her dopey pretty boy cover model, Alan - played by Tatum, who really wants to prove he's more than just a pretty face. This causes her to get kidnapped by a fortune hunter who believes her knowledge could help him find a long lost city in the jungle. ![]() ![]() In The Lost City, the author, Loretta - played by Bullock - is a widower who hates the novels she writes and is far more interested in the history behind the archaeological adventures in her stories. She's a hopeless romantic just aching to find her knight in shining armor. In Romancing the Stone, the author meets a man in the jungle who is a lot like the fictional hero of her novels, and he sweeps her off her feet. While Romancing the Stone followed a romance novelist into the jungle on an unexpected adventure while attempting to rescue her sister from drug lords, The Lost City also follows a romance novelist into the jungle, but the circumstances are considerably different, and the similarities pretty much end there. The Lost City is the latest entry in the genre, uniting Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum for the first time in an adventure-driven romantic comedy that brings to mind one of the first genre hybrids from the 80s, Romancing the Stone. To find the right mixture for the most accessibility for both sexes, there usually has to be plenty to appease the guys attending for the laughs and enough romance to make the ladies swoon. The rom-com genre has always been a difficult balancing act. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main).Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).If you need immediate help, contact our Legal Hotline. (Not all questions will be chosen for Ask SPLC.) Have a question you’d like answered? Tell us in the form below. If you want to use it, you’d need to obtain People Magazine’s permission.Įvery week, Student Press Law Center attorneys answer a frequently asked question about student media law in “Ask SPLC.” A candid photo of Lawrence walking down a Los Angeles street taken by a People Magazine photographer really has nothing to do with the movie and would likely not qualify as a Fair Use. Fair Use would also not apply if you were to use a candid photo of Lawrence from People Magazine or or some other third-party website that is unconnected to the movie you’re reviewing. For example, in reviewing the latest Jennifer Lawrence movie, the fair use exception would allow you to use a still image from the movie or a scaled down image of the movie’s promotional material (for example, the movie poster) taken from the movie’s official website to illustrate your review. To qualify, the copyrighted material that you use must be very closely tied to a bona fide news story, news survey, commentary or review. The fair use exception allows you to use limited portions of otherwise copyrighted material without permission when engaged in news reporting or when publishing commentary or reviews. There is, however, one important exception called Fair Use. If you want to use it, you’ll first need to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which may or may not be the operator of the website where you find the material). As a general rule, most of material that you find online - whether it’s a photo, a story, music, etc. Can we use an image we found online as an illustration?Ī: Yes, but you have to be selective. Q: We’re reviewing a new movie (or a new song, video game, TV show, book, etc.).
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