To Rome With Love http://www.popentertainment.com/torome.htm Woody Allen’s European Tour continues, in fact it is picking up steam. After being known for decades as the preeminent chronicler of the New York intellectual set, in 2005 Allen decided to break away from his favorite setting (some may say his muse) and make a movie in London. Allen … Continue reading
THE APPARITION (2012) Starring Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Rick Gomez, Anna Clark, Tim Williams, Marti Matulis, Suzanne Ford, Melissa Goldberg and Meena Serendib . Screenplay by Todd Lincoln. Directed by Todd Lincoln. Distributed by Warner Bros. 82 minutes. Rated PG-13. Somewhere along the line, evil spirits stopped haunting houses … Continue reading
Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums by Brad Balfour Iranian-born director and artist Marjane Satrapi lives in Paris, France, and has never lived in post-revolutionary Persia throughout her adult life. Yet her home country has shaped and influenced her creative work whether it be her written and drawn graphic novels or her feature films. In 2000, an independent … Continue reading
Mary McDonnell Taking on Major Crimes by Jay S. Jacobs Slow and steady does it. Not just for Captain Sharon Raydor, the former Internal Affairs officer in the popular TNT series The Closer who has just taken over the squad in the spin-off series Major Crimes, but also for Mary McDonnell, the actress who plays her. The actress has … Continue reading
Yaniv Rokah Earning His Big Coffee Break by Ronald Sklar A coffee break lands our favorite Israeli actor on a groundbreaking web series. “I’ve been making [filmmaker] Jon Avnet espresso for the last five years,” says actor Yaniv Rokah, who spends part of his time as manager of Santa Monica’s Caffe Luxxe coffee shop. “You … Continue reading
HOPE SPRINGS (2012) Starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Jean Smart, Ben Rappaport, Mimi Rogers, Becky Ann Baker, Brett Rice, Damian Young, Marin Ireland, Patch Darragh, Charles Techman, Daniel J. Flaherty, Ann Harada and Jack Haley. Screenplay by Vanessa Taylor. Directed by David Frankel. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
THE BABYMAKERS (2012) Starring Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Nat Faxon, Wood Harris, Aisha Tyler, Constance Zimmer, Collette Wolfe, Hayes MacArthur, M.C. Gainey, Desi Lydic, Helena Mattsson, Miles Fisher and Noureen DeWulf. Screenplay by Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Distributed by Millennium Entertainment. 98 minutes. Rated R. Perhaps … Continue reading
CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER (2012) Starring Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts, Chris Messina, Eric Christian Olsen, Will McCormack, Rebecca Dayan, Rich Sommer, Matthew Del Negro and Rafi Gavron. Screenplay by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 91 minutes. Rated R. Romantic … Continue reading
