KICKIN’ IT OLD SKOOL (2007) Starring Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Miguel A. Nuñez Jr., Michael Rosenbaum, Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp, Bobby Lee, Aris Alvarado, Vivica A. Fox, Alan Ruck, Emmanuel Lewis and David Hasselhoff. Screenplay by Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan and Phillip Glasser. Directed by Harvey Glazer. Distributed by Yari Film Group Releasing. 107 … Continue reading
REDLINE (2007) Starring Nadia Bjorlin, Nathan Phillips, Eddie Griffin, Tim Matheson, Angus MacFadyen, Jesse Johnson, Denyce Lawton, Neill Skylar, Barbara Niven, Marc Crumpton, Hal Ozsan, Christopher Backus, Kevin Levrone and Todd Lowe. Screenplay by Robert Foreman. Directed by Andy Cheng. Distributed by Chicago Releasing. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. There is no point in trying to … Continue reading
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season One (1977) (Universal Home Video-2005) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was a short-lived ABC series about three chicks solving crimes in a world that resembles a studio back lot and there is nothing to Google. Despite their feather-haired cuteness, trouble just seems to find them. In almost every … Continue reading
THE EX (2007) Starring Zach Braff, Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet, Charles Grodin, Mia Farrow, Lucien Maisel, Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler, Donal Logue, Amy Adams, Bob Stephenson, Yaffit Hallely Josh Charles, Marin Hinkle, Robert John Burke, Paul Rudd and Romany Malco. Screenplay by David Guion and Michael Handelman. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Distributed by The Weinstein … Continue reading
THE ULTIMATE GIFT (2007) Starring Drew Fuller, James Garner, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Lee Meriwether, Brian Dennehy, Bill Cobbs, Mircea Monroe, Donna Cherry and D. David Morin. Screenplay by Cheryl McKay. Directed by Michael Sajbel. Distributed by Fox Faith. 114 minutes. Rated PG. Have you ever seen (and how many haven’t?) that Christian Children’s Fund … Continue reading
Nikki Blonsky and Zac Efron Hair Raising Success in Hairspray by Brad Balfour What a way to kick off a career. From high school student to major motion picture lead, 17-year-old Nikki Blonsky’s star turn as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, (the film version of the Broadway musical), deserves all the accolades the film has been garnering. In … Continue reading
Kitchen Confidential The Complete Series (2005) (20th Century Fox Home Video-2007) Kitchen Confidential came and went as fast as standing in line at McDonald’s Express. In it, superstar chef Anthony Bourdain (rechristened Jack for the series), as played by the underappreciated Bradley Cooper, talks about how your restaurant meal should “dazzle, amaze and delight.” Check, check … Continue reading
ONCE (2006) Starring Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alistair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy and Catherine Hansard. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. In a summer full of loud, hyperactive films, it is rather shocking to find … Continue reading
DESCENT (2007) Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick, Christopher DiBlasio, Vanessa Ferlito, Spencer Grammer, Jacqueline Duprey, Alexie Gilmore, Melissa Gallo, Connor Fux, Sergia Louise Anderson, Scott Bailey, John Budinoff, Isabel Dawson and Tracie Thoms. Screenplay by Talia Lugacy. Directed by Talia Lugacy. Distributed by City Lights Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated NC-17. In the carnival … Continue reading
NEIL GAIMAN THE AUTHOR IS BLESSED WITH STARDUST by Brad Balfour For author Neil Gaiman, seeing his expansive graphic novel Stardust made into a film that is getting the full-press treatment is a triumph in and of itself – though he initially approached the whole experience with anxiety, if not dread. No wonder he felt this way … Continue reading
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