Nicole Kidman The Oscar-Winning Actress Explores Loss and Grief in Rabbit Hole by Brad Balfour Everyone experiences loss and grief, but few films show it in such a naked and matter-of-fact manner as does Rabbit Hole. The Aussie actress Nicole Kidman was so passionate about David Lindsay-Abaire’s original Pulitzer Prize-winning play that she signed on … Continue reading
Robert Duvall Takes the High Road to Get Low by Brad Balfour When Get Low hit the festival circuit earlier this year, veteran actor Robert Duvall came to town and did a few interview sessions to discuss this film, his career, and playing roles like the irascible Felix Bush. The grungy, ill-kempt Bush is this mysterious hermit … Continue reading
THE KING’S SPEECH (2010) Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Max Callum, James Currie, Claire Bloom and Eve Best. Screenplay by David Seidler. Directed by Tom Hooper. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 118 minutes. Rated R. Going just from the basic description of The … Continue reading
PUTTY HILL (2011) Starring Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust, Drew Harris and Marina Siebor. Written by Matt Porterfield & Jordan Mintzer. Directed by Matt Porterfield. Distributed by Cinema Guild. 86 minutes. Not Rated. Particularly in the early going, Matt Porterfield’s Putty … Continue reading
NO STRINGS ATTACHED (2011) Starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Olivia Thirlby, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jake Johnson, Mindy Kaling, Guy Brandum, Talia Balsam, Ophelia Lovibond, Cary Elwes, Abby Elliott, Vedette Lim, Ben Lawson, Jennifer Irwin, Adhir Kalyan and Brian Dierker. Screenplay by Elizabeth Meriwether. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Distributed by … Continue reading
THE ROOMMATE (2011) Starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka, Danneel Harris, Frances Fisher, Tomas Arana, Billy Zane, Nina Dobrev, Matt Lanter, Cherilyn Wilson and Katerina Graham. Screenplay by Sonny Mallhi. Directed by Christian E. Christiansen. Distributed by Screen Gems. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sometimes it is amusing to imagine how movies actually … Continue reading
Colin Firth Oscar Nominee Refines The King’s Speech by Brad Balfour To the hardcore Jane Austen fans, 50-year-old English actor Colin Firth will always be Mr. Darcy after he appeared in a wet shirt in the BBC mini-series of Pride and Prejudice. But he really landed at the top of the hot lists with his 2009 … Continue reading
Jesse Eisenberg Creates a Zuckerberg Profile For The Social Network by Brad Balfour The hit film The Social Network may not have as profound an effect as the social network, Facebook, itself. But the cinematic version has lots of important things to say about the kind of people who make game-changing ideas into a reality and how … Continue reading
YOU AGAIN (2010) Starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Odette Yustman, Sigourney Weaver, Betty White, James Wolk, Victor Garber, Billy Unger, Kristin Chenoweth, Kyle Bornheimer, Sean Wing, Christine Lakin, Meagan Holder, Patrick Duffy, Reginald VelJohnson, Cloris Leachman, Dwayne Johnson, Daryl Hall and John Oates. Screenplay by Moe Jelline. Directed by Andy Fickman. Distributed by Touchstone … Continue reading
BLACK SWAN (2010) Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo, Kristina Anapau, Janet Montgomery, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Sergio Torrado, Mark Margolis, Tina Sloan and Abraham Aronofsky. Screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz and John McLaughlin. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 108 minutes. … Continue reading
