“We’re not killing anybody,” Benicio del Toro told Paul Thomas Anderson in their early conversations about “One Battle After Another. Those creative discussions eventually led to Anderson changing the ...

This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Emma Mackey in a scene from "Ella McCay." (20th Century Studios via AP) “I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L.

“I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” And finally, nearly two hours into a perplexing ...

And finally, nearly two hours into a perplexing muddle of a storyline, we have some clarity of thought. No, dear, we want to tell Ella, played by the lovely Emma Mackey, who is truly the only reason ...

“I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks’ bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical “Ella McCay.” “I can’t trust my brain right now,” says our hero ...