Jennifer Aniston: ‘Management’ Trailer!

Why is this a theatrical release? It seems to have all the makings of a “straight-to-dvd” clunker. And the HAIR? Good Lord! Take away those shiny blond extensions and her unfortunate face becomes all the more ordinary. Neither her looks not her “talent” say “movie star.”

Rachel plays Rachel. How original.

I recommend this article to Jennifer Aniston.

Hollywood’s Men Are Mostly Where the Action Is

By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 15, 2009; Page E03

The only actress who has consistently broken into this men’s club is Jolie, points out Anne Thompson, a film blogger and the former editor of the movie magazine Premiere. In hit movies like “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and the recent “Wanted,” audiences have accepted Jolie as a gun-toting, butt-kicking spitfire — a track record no other actress in history can claim, she says.

A few women — Sigourney Weaver in the “Alien” films, for example — have occasionally pulled this off, but only when the plots call for them to protect a child. Jolie, on the other hand, isn’t dependent on this story device. “I don’t think the culture was ready for this before,” Thompson says of Jolie’s action-heroine status. “It wasn’t able to accept women with guns.”

But this raises a question: Since not every film is an action pic, wouldn’t women be as important, as “bankable,” as men in other kinds of movies, such as romantic comedies? Don’t women, more so than men, flock to movies like “Sex and the City” and “Mamma Mia!”?

Yes, but the market for these films is far more limited than comic-book blockbusters like “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man.” Romantic comedies tend not to open with the same box-office numbers as the latest action, sci-fi or horror movie, and don’t play as well outside the U.S. market. Romantic comedies also carry a dreaded label: “chick flick.”

But others are skeptical. Jolie seems to be a singular figure among actresses (does anyone see Reese Witherspoon or Kate Winslet becoming the next action hero?). What’s more, some of the most popular romantic comedies of recent vintage have thrust men into the lead roles, cutting further into the small territory that women have claimed for themselves. Movies such as “Wedding Crashers,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Superbad” were about the romantic misadventures of men and teenage boys.

“It’s called the entertainment industry for a reason,” comments Aufderheide. “Hollywood isn’t in the business of social change. It’s not in the feminist industry. It’s in the business of maximizing its sales. . . . You don’t look to Hollywood to buck a tide or tradition.”

Jen looks great, movie looks like fun!

Doesn’t even look like herself 1:26.

OMG that was horrible. I agree with Trixie, Jen needs to fire anyone responsible for allowing this to hit the airwaves. Ewwwwwwww.

No, thank you!

RACHEL GREEN PART 1234567890

it looks like a cute movie =)

Thanks Jared. That was 2 minutes of my life that I can’t get back!

Steve Zahn is hilarious in every role he picks, and he rarely picks a bad movie. This looks funny to me. Sounds a LOT better than the plot to Basted.

everything in this movie looks embarrassing.