So glad this exists.  I walked out of the theater after seeing Benjamin Button feeling like it was all too familiar.  Glad I’m not the only one who saw the Gumpian parallels. [via Boingboing]

The Curious Case of Forrest Gump

Also of note is Time Out’s rundown of the popular musician biopic formula sweeping Hollywood, most recently with Notorious.

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/film/70658/life-after-death

If only formulas weren’t so profitable, huh?