Jody Quigley and Lili Bordán Six Degrees of Apparition by Jay S. Jacobs Hollywood is chock full of actors who toil in obscurity, desperate to get the chance to make their dream film. However, with hundreds of thousands of actors and merely hundreds of projects, you do the math. Breaking through is like winning the … Continue reading
APPARITION (2015) Starring Katrina Law, Jody Quigley, Lili Bordán, Tom Roy, Dave Droxler, Margo Trovei, Peter Postiglione, Airen DeLaMeter, Rick Foster, Rebekah Choudhury, Megan Rose and Michelle Magpiong. Screenplay by Pete Cafaro and Andrew Kayros. Directed by Quinn Saunders. Distributed by Thundersmoke Media. 95 minutes. Not Rated. There is nothing like a secluded, majestic-but-battered old … Continue reading
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2015) The Japanese-language cast features the voices of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi,Ryôko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Kazuko Yoshiyuki. The English-language cast features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly, Grey Griffin, Catherine O’Hara, Ellen Burstyn, Vanessa Williams and Kathy Bates. … Continue reading
Gethin Anthony Channels a Legendary Mad Man in Aquarius by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a certain amount of fearlessness to portray one of the great sociopaths of the past century. Charles Manson, a magnetic cult leader, instructed his followers to commit a series of brutal murders which included actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail … Continue reading
IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER (L’HOMME QU’ON AIMAIT TROP) (2014) Starring Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel, Judith Chemla, Mauro Conte, Jean Corso, Hugo Sablic, Jean-Pierre Getti, Pascal Mercier, Tamara De Leener, Jean-Marie Tiercelin, Peter Bonke, Laetitia Rosier, Noël Simsolo and Yani Redjala. Screenplay by André Téchiné. Directed by André Téchiné. Distributed by Cohen … Continue reading
ABOUT ELLY (2009) Starring Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi, Merila Zarei, Ra’na Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar and Saber Abbar. Screenplay by Asghar Farhadi. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Distributed by Cinema Guild. 113 minutes. Not Rated. The world at large learned about the filmmaking skill of Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi in 2012 … Continue reading
TRUE STORY (2015) Starring Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Gretchen Mol, Ethan Suplee, Robert John Burke, Maria Dizzia, Genevieve Angelson, Betty Gilpin, Joel Marsh Garland, John Sharian, Dana Eskelson, Auden Thornton, Robert Stanton and Rebecca Henderson. Screenplay by Rupert Goold and David Kajganich. Directed by Rupert Goold. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 100 minutes. … Continue reading
KILL ME THREE TIMES (2015) Starring Simon Pegg, Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown and Steve Le Marquand. Screenplay by James McFarland. Directed by Kriv Stenders. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated R. It seemed like finally, two decades hence, we’d made it past the Quentin Tarantino-wannabe films. … Continue reading
RUN ALL NIGHT (2015) Starring Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Boyd Holbrook, Bruce McGill, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Common, Lois Smith, Beau Knapp, Patricia Kalember, Daniel Stewart Sherman, James Martinez and Nick Nolte. Screenplay by Brad Ingelsby. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 114 minutes. Rated R. At this point, Liam Neeson … Continue reading
Keegan Allen Has Himself a Pretty Little Christmas by Deborah Wagner His name is Keegan Allen, but you may also know him as Toby Cavanaugh, half of the popular, super couple “Spoby” on ABC Family’s mega-hit television show Pretty Little Liars. Either way you know him, this young actor is passionate about his role and … Continue reading
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