http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey RSS Feed for Inq Col Carrie Rickey en-us Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT 2012-05-25T07:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120525__Polisse___Cops_coping_with_abused_kids_and_their_abusers.html Polisse, a riveting cop procedural, follows a year in the lives of agents attached to the Children's Protection Unit (CPU) of the Paris police. Cowritten, directed, and starring the French actress Maiwenn and based on actual cases, this is keenly observed fiction packing the force, and rough edges, of fact. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120525__Polisse___Cops_coping_with_abused_kids_and_their_abusers.html 2012-05-25T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120518__What_to_Expect_When_You_re_Expecting___Pregnancy_meets_reality_TV.html What to Expect When You're Expecting is a film based on the self-help book. Unlike its source material, which reflects a recognizable world where mothers-to-be get morning sickness and fathers-to-be get sympathetic pregnancies, the movie unfolds in a parallel universe where (almost) everyone has his or her own television reality show. Fri, 18 May 2012 20:26:19 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120518__What_to_Expect_When_You_re_Expecting___Pregnancy_meets_reality_TV.html 2012-05-18T20:26:19Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120503_The_Parkway_as_Phila_s_Museum_Mile.html Years ago, when moving the Barnes Foundation to the Parkway was still an idea, some wondered what it would mean to have the Art Museum, Rodin Museum, and the Barnes strung together. Now we know. Sun, 06 May 2012 16:47:36 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120503_The_Parkway_as_Phila_s_Museum_Mile.html 2012-05-06T16:47:36Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120427__Turn_Me_On__Dammit____Young_Alma_s_sexy__funny_predicament.html Alma, a jonquil-thin blonde with a passing resemblance to Taylor Swift, is 15 and sprouting in the Norwegian town of Skoddeheimen, where there's one bus stop and many, many sheep. She lives with her single mother in a state of chronic frustration, sexual and social. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120427__Turn_Me_On__Dammit____Young_Alma_s_sexy__funny_predicament.html 2012-04-27T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120420_Winning_cast_plays_the_romantic_game.html Because "no man ever proposed marriage from natural causes," as Barbara Stanwyck noted in The Lady Eve, the foundational work in the underappreciated genre the Mantrap Movie, a woman needs a plan. And because "the CIA ain't got nothing on a woman with a plan," as Anthony Anderson noted in the definitive Defense-Against-Marriage comedy Two Can Play That Game, the game is now in overtime. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120420_Winning_cast_plays_the_romantic_game.html 2012-04-20T18:18:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120316_A_raunchy_remake_of_an__80s_TV_series.html It's a remake! It's a retread! It's a - re-booty! Whatever you call 21 Jump Street, this potty-mouthed and drug-laced reimagining of the 1980s TV show has one of the highest laughs-per-minute ratios since the Naked Gun films. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:47:17 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120316_A_raunchy_remake_of_an__80s_TV_series.html 2012-03-15T23:47:17Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120316_A_father_and_son_in_wary_reunion.html Nick Flynn's dissolute father, Jonathan, long had been a presence in his absence. In his 2004 memoir, Another B- Night in Suck City, the younger Flynn evoked Dad, a con man and mythomaniac, as an Invisible Man who cast a giant shadow on the household where Nick's single mom raised him and his brother. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:02:42 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120316_A_father_and_son_in_wary_reunion.html 2012-03-16T03:02:42Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120228_Highs__lows_at_the_old_Oscars.html 'So tonight, enjoy yourselves," Billy Crystal greeted the audience at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday night, "because nothing can take the sting out of the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues." Deft. Very deft. Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:20:57 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120228_Highs__lows_at_the_old_Oscars.html 2012-03-03T04:20:57Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120224_Seeking_just-right_American_dream.html George and Linda (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) are not living the dream but it is, tantalizingly, within reach. They've just bought a "micro-loft" (you'd call it a studio) in the West Village. George is about to bag a promotion. Surely Linda will sell her documentary (about penguins with cancer) to HBO. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:04:21 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120224_Seeking_just-right_American_dream.html 2012-02-24T06:04:21Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120217_Two_hunky_guys_vying_for_one_smart-mouthed_heroine.html Tom Hardy, the strapping British actor, made quite an impression in Inception and Warrior by confidently flexing his muscles and sardonic smile. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:53:10 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/carrie_rickey/20120217_Two_hunky_guys_vying_for_one_smart-mouthed_heroine.html 2012-02-17T11:53:10Z