Ava DuVernay – Returns the Struggle for Civil Rights to Selma by Brad Balfour On the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, the film Selma is further in the spotlight because both director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo were not nominated for best director and actor Oscars respectively. Though the film was nominated … Continue reading
STILL ALICE (2015) Starring Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Victoria Cartagena, Erin Drake, Shane McRae, Stephen Kunken, Seth Gilliam, Erin Darke, Daniel Gerroll, Orlagh Cassidy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Maxine Prescott, Rosa Arredondo, Caleb Freundlich and Charlotte Robson. Screenplay by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash … Continue reading
Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Genova & Wash Westmoreland Stare Down a Debilitating Disease with Still Alice by Jay S. Jacobs It is pretty much agreed that Julianne Moore is one of a handful of the finest actresses working in film. Therefore it is even more shocking that she has never won an … Continue reading
Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker – Veteran Actors on the Run in Taken 3 by Brad Balfour From Transporter to the Taxi series, the French producer/director/writer Luc Besson has displayed a uncanny instinct in making action thrillers that find passionate audiences. What makes the Taken series all the more remarkable – other than the 50-something … Continue reading
INTO THE WOODS (2014) Starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, Mackenzie Mauzy, Chris Pine, Billy Magnussen, Christine Baranski, Lucy Punch, Johnny Depp, Tracey Ullman, Tammy Blanchard, Mackenzie Mauzy, Simon Russell Beale, Annette Crosbie, Richard Glover and Frances de la Tour. Screenplay by James Lapine. Directed by Rob Marshall. … Continue reading
FOXCATCHER (2014) Starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall, Guy Boyd, Brett Rice, Daniel Hilt, Francis J. Murphy III, Samara Lee, Jackson Frazer, Jane Mowder, David Bennett, Lee Perkins, Robert Haramia, Mark Schultz and the voice of Alan Oppenheimer. Screenplay by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman. Directed … Continue reading
Markéta Irglová Can Have Whatever She Dreams Of by Jay S. Jacobs Music has led Markéta Irglová down many roads. She was born under the communist regime in the old Czechoslovakia. Though not a musician himself, her father was very involved in the local arts scene and helped to set up performances by many international … Continue reading
21 YEARS – RICHARD LINKLATER (2014) Featuring Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Billy Bob Thornton, Keanu Reeves, Julie Delpy, Parker Posey, Zac Efron, Michael McKean, Nicky Katt, Joey Lauren Adams, Marissa Ribisi, Miranda Cosgrove, Anthony Rapp, Steven Chester Prince, Kevin Smith, Jason Reitman, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass and Louis Black. Written by Michael Dunaway … Continue reading
Actor Jeff Bridges, Director Phillip Noyce Bring Lois Lowry’s Novel “The Giver” To Screens by Brad Balfour That it took two decades for the social science fiction book The Giver to be made into an effects-enhanced film well after The Hunger Games, Divergent, and other dystopian teen tales could be viewed either a blessing or … Continue reading
FARGO (1996) Starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrüd, Tony Denman, John Carroll Lynch, Larissa Kokernot, Melissa Peterman, Steven Reevis, James Gaulke, Steve Park, Bruce Campbell and Jose Feliciano. Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. Directed by Joel Coen. Distributed by Fox Home Entertainment. 98 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
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