Mike Sragow (a writer, film critic, and featured blogger at The Baltimore Sun) wrote a wonderful entry where he discusses Meryl, Amy, and “Ugh, Leap Year“.  It’s a great read so after you check out the blurb below, I highly suggest clicking here to read the full post.

Finding the fresh response in obvious situations has become a specialty for Adams. She broke through with Junebug (2005) as a never-say-die beauty with a a baby on the way and a brooding high-school sweetheart for a husband. But Adams had already been breaking hearts and igniting laughs simultaneously for half a decade, starting with the 1999 beauty-pageant parody Drop Dead Gorgeous. (She plays the contestant who says, “They’re never going to let you perform naked — I asked!”) And her bloom hasn’t wilted under her recent klieg-lit stardom.

• Amy talks ‘Leap Year’, baby, and more