IRON MAN (2008) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Clark Gregg, Bill Smitrovich and Sayed Badreya. Screenplay by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. Directed by Jon Favreau. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 126 minutes. Rated PG-13. Iron Man was always sort of a … Continue reading
TEETH (2008) Starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro and Adam Wagner. Screenplay by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Distributed by Dimension Extreme. 88 minutes. Rated R. The symbolic baggage behind the central conceit of Teeth alone could keep a Freudian busy for … Continue reading
Leslie Jordan Pink Carpet Story by Ronald Sklar Emmy-award-winning actor Leslie Jordan is perhaps best known as Karen’s arch nemesis, Beverley Leslie, on Will and Grace. However, his association with that groundbreaking series only fortified his own true Hollywood story. He had been “in” as an out actor since he got off the bus in Hollywood … Continue reading
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD (2007) Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkoff, Damon Gupton and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Kelly Masterson. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Distributed by THINKFilm. 117 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (2008) Starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Taylor Wily, Da’Vone McDonald, Steve Landesberg, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Carla Gallo, Billy Bush, William Baldwin and Jason Bateman. Screenplay by Jason Segel. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
CLOVERFIELD (2008) Starring Michael Stahl-David, Odette Ustman, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Anjul Nigam, Margot Farley, Theo Rossi, Brian Klugman, Kelvin Yu, Liza Lapira, Ben Feldman and Elena Caruso. Screenplay by Drew Goddard. Directed by Matt Reeves. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 85 minutes. Rated PG-13. You know that old joke about a … Continue reading
Director Stephen Walker Celebrates Being Young@Heart by Brad Balfour Of the many surprises at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the most charming was a little doc called Young@Heart. Filmed over a several months’ rehearsal period leading up to a concert tour, veteran British director Stephen Walker and his wife, producer Sally George, tell the … Continue reading
Francia Raisa Chasing the Dream by Jay S. Jacobs Only a few years into a career which has quickly gone from simmering to muy caliente, Francia Raisa is blowing open doors that normally don’t spread for Latin actresses. The young daughter of a Mexican mother and a Honduran father, she was introduced to life in the … Continue reading
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Team Up to Make a Baby Mama by Brad Balfour Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — Saturday Night Live veterans and sketch comedy masters — are poised to challenge producer/writer/director Judd Apatow’s hegemony on R-rated comedy. They are the stars of Baby Mama, the opening night film for the 2008 Annual Tribeca Film Festival … Continue reading
ROMAN DE GARE (2008) Starring Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier, Myriam Boyer, Zinedine Soualem, Boris Ventura Diaz, Marc Rioufol, Thomas Le Douarec, Sarah Lelouch, Shaya Lelouch, Cyrille Eldin, Gilles Lemaire, Serge Moati, Bernard Werber and Arlette Gordon. Screenplay by Gérard de Battista and Claude Lelouch. Directed by Claude Lelouch. Distributed by Samuel … Continue reading
