LUCKY BASTARD (2014) Starring Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde, Catherine Annette, Lee Kholafai, Lanny Joon, Clint Brink, Deborah Zoe and Angela Shin. Screenplay by Robert Nathan and Lukas Kendall. Directed by Robert Nathan. Distributed by CAVU Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated NC-17. It’s hard to believe that it’s about 15 years since The Blair … Continue reading
BAGGAGE CLAIM (2013) Starring Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Adam Brody, Jenifer Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Boris Kodjoe, Tremaine Neverson, Ned Beatty, La La Anthony, Christina Milian, Lauren London, Rickey Smiley, Thomas Miles and Tia Mowry. Screenplay by David E. Talbert. Directed by David E. Talbert. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 93 minutes. … Continue reading
ROMEO & JULIET (2013) Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Ed Westwick, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lesley Manville, Natascha McElhone, Christian Cooke and Stellan Skarsgård. Screenplay by Julian Fellowes. Directed by Carlo Carlei. Distributed by Relativity Media. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. William Shakespeare’s classic love tragedy Romeo & Juliet has been filmed so many times over … Continue reading
20 FEET FROM STARDOM (2013) Starring Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Claudia Lennear, Tata Vega, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, Chris Botti, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Patti Austin, Sheryl Crow, Cissy Houston, Gloria Jones, Cindy Mizelle, Martha Wash, Edna Wright, Lou Adler, David Lasley, Sharon Robinson, … Continue reading
The Wait The Wait is both gorgeously filmed and acted and annoyingly artsy at the same time. A very loose variation on Samuel Beckett’s classic play Waiting For Godot, the film mostly hovers around three adult children in differing stages of mourning four their mother, who dies of an unspecified-but-apparently-long-term illness as the film begins. Soon after … Continue reading
THE FIFTH ESTATE (2013) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Anthony Mackie, Peter Capaldi, Alexander Siddig, Carice van Houten, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens and Moritz Bleibtreu. Screenplay by Josh Singer. Directed by Bill Condon. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 128 minutes. Rated R. It’s always a bit tricky to make a … Continue reading
GIMME SHELTER (2014) Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd, Stephanie Szostak, Dascha Polanco, Emily Meade, Candace Smith, Tashiana Washington, Laneya Wiles, Rachel Mattila, Rufus Dorsey, Eddie Schweighardt, Sheila Tapia and Peter Epstein. Screenplay by Ron Krauss. Directed by Ron Krauss. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. A … Continue reading
HER (2014) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt, Matt Letscher, Portia Doubleday, Laura Kai Chen, Sam Jaeger, Luka Jones, May Lindstrom and the voices of Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Brian Cox and Adam Spiegel (Spike Jonze). Screenplay by Spike Jonze. Directed by Spike Jonze. Distributed by Warner Bros. … Continue reading
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (2013) Starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Kristen Wiig, Harrison Ford, James Marsden, Meagan Good, Greg Kinnear, Josh Lawson, Dylan Baker, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Judah Nelson, Eliza Coupe, Vince Vaughn, Tina Fey, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Liam Neeson, Marion Cotillard, … Continue reading
A.C.O.D. (ADULT CHILDREN OF DIVORCE) (2013) Starring Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke, Amy Poehler, Ken Howard, Jane Lynch, Jessica Alba, Valerie Tian, Sarah Burns, Kacie Jo Marta Nickles and Adam Pally. Screenplay by Ben Karlin & Stuart Zicherman. Directed by Stuart Zicherman. Distributed by The Film Arcade. 87 minutes. … Continue reading
