Laurence Leboeuf On the Road to Foreverland by Jay S. Jacobs Foreverland was a film that was literally life and death to its young writer/director Max McGuire. The film was about a twenty-something man who was stricken with the disease cystic fibrosis, who has to travel the length of the west coast of the US to scatter … Continue reading
Sara Paxton Confronts Her Ghosts in The Innkeepers by Jay S. Jacobs When we last left Sara Paxton, she was taking a huge chance in her career. After working most of her young career in light, comic roles, Paxton had taken a film very unlike any she had ever tried before – a remake of … Continue reading
THE GREY (2012) Starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie, Ben Hernandez Bray, James Badge Dale, Anne Openshaw, Peter Girges, Jonathan Bitonti, James Bitonti, Ella Kosor, Jacob Blair and Lani Gelera. Screenplay by Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Distributed by Open … Continue reading
THE ART OF GETTING BY (2011) Starring Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Sam Robards, Jarlath Conroy, Ann Dowd, Marcus Carl Franklin, Sasha Spielberg, Rita Wilson, Blair Underwood and Alicia Silverstone. Screenplay by Gavin Wiesen. Directed by Gavin Wiesen. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 84 minutes. Rated PG-13. This storyline is one that, … Continue reading
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (2011) Starring Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Jessica Tyler Brown, Chloe Csengery, Sprague Grayden and Katie Featherston. Screenplay by Christopher B. Landon. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated R. The Paranormal Activity series is becoming the Harold Pinter’s Betrayal of the horror midnight movie genre (or the Christopher Nolan’s Memento, for those to … Continue reading
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (2011) Featuring Damien Wayne Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Miskelly, John Mark Byers, Terry Hobbs, Gary Gitchell, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp and Natalie Maines. Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. Distributed by HBO Documentary Films. 121 minutes. Not Rated. If not for the Paradise Lost series of documentaries, no … Continue reading
THE DIVIDE (2012) Starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Iván González, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, Abbey Thickson, Jennifer Blanc, Peter Stormare and Rosanna Arquette. Screenplay by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean. Directed by Xavier Gens. Distributed by Anchor Bay Films. 121 minutes. Not Rated. It almost feels like a contradiction in … Continue reading
IT’S ABOUT YOU (2012) Featuring John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett, Mike Wanchic, Andy York, Miriam Sturm, Dane Clark, Jon E. Gee, Troye Kinnett, Marc Ribot, David Roe, Jay Bellerose, Harry Sandler and Dr. Cornel West. Narrated by Kurt Markus. Narration written by Kurt Markus. Directed by Kurt Markus and Ian Markus. Distributed by MPI Media … Continue reading
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