EASY A (2010) Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, Stanley Tucci and Fred Armisen. Screenplay by Bert V. Royal. Directed by Will Gluck. Distributed by Screen Gems. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Emma Stone has done her hard time in … Continue reading
THE AMERICAN (2010) Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Filippo Timi and Irina Björklund. Screenplay by Martin Booth. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Distributed by Focus Features. 105 minutes. Rated R. The American is the second movie directed by celebrated photographer Anton Corbijn, so as you can imagine, it looks stunning. However, there is … Continue reading
THE SWITCH (2010) Starring Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis, Thomas Robinson, Caroline Dhavernas, Kelli Barrett, Scott Elrod, Victor Pagan, Edward James Hyland and Todd Louiso. Screenplay by Allan Loeb. Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. In the last several months I … Continue reading
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (2010) Starring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Bruce Greenwood, Stephanie Szostak, Ron Livingston, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Chris O’Dowd, Lucy Punch, David Walliams, Larry Wilmore, Kristen Schaal, PJ Byrne, Andrea Savage, Nick Kroll and Randall Park. Screenplay by David Guion and Michael Handelman. Directed by Jay Roach. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 110 minutes. … Continue reading
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (2010) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup, Reece Ritchie and Gisli Orn Gardarsson. Screenplay by Boaz Yakin and Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard. Directed by Mike Newell. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Movies … Continue reading
SOLITARY MAN (2009) Starring Michael Douglas, Mary-Louise Parker, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Ben Shenkman, David Costabile, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Arthur Nascarella, Alex Kaluzhsky, Anjelia Pelay, Richard Schiff, Anastasia Griffith, Bruce Altman, Gillian Jacobs and Olivia Thirlby. Screenplay by Brian Koppelman. Directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Distributed by Millennium Films. 90 … Continue reading
CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM (2010) Starring Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Daniel Fathers, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alyson Stoner, Chloe Bridges, Meaghan Jette Martin, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Matthew “Mdot” Finley, Frankie Jonas, Jasmine Richards, Abigail Chu, Roshon Fegan and “Big Rob” Feggans. Screenplay by Dan Berendsen and Karin Gist & … Continue reading
D.B. Sweeney Takes Us Down to Paradise City by Jay S. Jacobs As so often happens, the germ of the idea for actor D.B. Sweeney’s writing and directing debut Two Tickets to Paradise came from a real life experience. In fact, it was a drunken road trip down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his brother that … Continue reading
$5 A DAY (2008) Starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Sharon Stone, Dean Cain, Peter Coyote, Amanda Peet, Beth Bailey, Marya Beauvais, Frank Bond, Christopher Dempsey, Christopher Hagen, Anne Johns, Diana Maimin, Mike Miller and Mandy Olsen. Screenplay by Neal Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky. Directed by Nigel Cole. Distributed by Image Entertainment. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Alicia Witt Miss Witt’s Opus by Ronald Sklar Alicia Witt has been steadily holding on to her day job – that of an extremely successful working actor – until she can make real her dream job: that of singer-songwriter. That goal is becoming ever more realized now that she has debuted her self-titled EP and its well-received … Continue reading
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