ELLE (2016) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Jonas Bloquet, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel and Judith Magre. Screenplay by David Birke. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 131 minutes. Rated R. A couple of decades ago it looked like Dutch director Paul Verhoeven was going to be one of … Continue reading
A MAN CALLED OVE (2015) Starring Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Ida Engvoll, Filip Berg, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård, Chatarina Larsson, Börje Lundberg, Stefan Gödicke, Anna-Lena Bergelin, Simeon Lindgren, Maja Rung, Fredrik Evers and Poyan Kamiri. Screenplay by Hannes Holm. Directed by Hannes Holm. Distributed by Music Box Films. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Every neighborhood has … Continue reading
Anna Deavere Smith Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices by Brad Balfour With a raft of accolades in her résumé, American actress/playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith produces work that highlights the plight of the underclass, the unvoiced and those overlooked by entitled society. In her most recent one-woman production – Notes from The … Continue reading
INFERNO (2016) Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ana Ularu, Ida Darvish, Paul Ritter, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Alessandro Grimaldi, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Robin Mugnaini, Vincenzo Tanassi and Alessandro Fabrizi. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. Interesting trivia … Continue reading
IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE (2016) Starring Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga, James Ransone, Karen Gillan, Toby Huss, Tommy Nohilly, Larry Fessenden, Michael Davis, James Cady, Burn Gorman, K. Harrison Sweeney, James E. Lane, Jeff Bairstow and Jumpy. Screenplay by Ti West. Directed by Ti West. Distributed by Focus World. 104 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
IS THAT YOU? (2014) Starring Alon Aboutboul, Naruna Kaplan de Macedo, Rani Bleir, Suzanne Sadler, Patrick Michael Kelly, Navroz N. Dabu, Amy Dourghty, Eiran Gazit, Rita Worlock, Patrick Michael Kelly, Davy J. Marr, Mike Pasquale, Celia Madeoy, Christine Shapiro, Gary Voegel, Hal Alpert, Jolie Alpert, Jane Babik, David Cole, Denise Cole, Bruce Cole-Edwards, Myles Cranford … Continue reading
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2016) Starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon, Darren Goldstein, Cleta E. Ellington, Lana Young, Rachel Christopher, Fernando Medina, Gregory Morley, Mac Tavares, John Norris, Nathan Shapiro, Tamiel Paynes and Peter Mayer-Klepchick. Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson. Directed … Continue reading
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016) Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Finlay MacMillan, Lauren McCrostie, Hayden Keeler-Stone, Georgia Pemberton, Milo Parker, Raffiella Chapman and Pixie Davies. Screenplay by Jane Goldman. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by 20th Century Fox … Continue reading
BEAUTY & THE BEAST – 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1992) Featuring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers and Richard White. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 84 minutes. Rated G. Twenty-five years on from it’s release, Disney’s Beauty … Continue reading
William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw It’s Never Too Late by Jay S. Jacobs Better Late Than Never has one of the crazier television premises to come along in a while. Take four pop culture living legends – two from television and two from athletics: William Shatner, a/k/a Captain Kirk of Star Trek, Henry Winkler better … Continue reading
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