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Star filmmaker James L. Brooks fumbles meandering comeback Ella McCay

The impact that writer/director/producer James L. Brooks has made on Hollywood cannot be understated. The 85-year-old created ...

Emma Mackey Steps Out With Boyfriend Martin Aleman at the 'Ella McCay' Premiere

In June 2025, they were photographed together at the LIDO Festival in London. Most recently, Aleman joined Mackey on the red ...

She’d like to change the world, but the script of ‘Ella McCay’ is running against her

Writer-director James L. Brooks all but invented a warm, urbane way of telling complex women's stories, but his first movie ...

‘Ella McCay’ Review: Right Girl, Wrong Time

But this time the drama is on the other side of the media-government divide. The titular Ella (Emma Mackey) is a doe-eyed ...

Review: ‘Ella McCay’ is a confounding film from James L. Brooks

When Ella (Emma Mackey) is sworn in as the youngest female governor of her state, her family life descends into chaos.

Review: Director James L. Brooks returns with 'Ella McCay' and it's not as it good as it gets

There are many charming elements, including Jamie Lee Curtis, in the 85-year-old filmmaker's comeback but they don't add up ...

Emma Mackey on Working With Greta Gerwig and Paying Tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood in ‘Ella McCay’: ‘It Was Very Cathartic and Primal’

"Ella McCay" star Emma Mackey spoke with Variety about working with James L. Brooks in honoring the Golden Age of Hollywood, ...

Ella McCay isn’t living up to the challenge

Ella McCay couldn’t break the glass ceiling and enter the top 5 of the Box Office. So what did? At number 1 was Zootopia 2, ...