Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying by Brad Balfour British comic Ricky Gervais has one kicky concept behind his directorial debut, The Invention of Lying. On an alternate earth, humanity lacks the capacity for lying so truth-telling is just telling. People may speak the truth, but have no sense of humor and no idea of fiction. … Continue reading
Jesse Eisenberg Becomes an Action Figure in Zombieland by Brad Balfour For 26-year-old actor Jesse Eisenberg –who was awarded lots of attention for his troubled teenager in The Squid and the Whale – becoming a zombie-killing machine offers a curious shift in gears. Interspersed with his first-person voiceover as the wussy Columbus, Zombieland spotlights two survivors who forge an … Continue reading
Joel and Ethan Coen Two Serious Men Gaze Into Their Past by Jay S. Jacobs Brothers and auteurs Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in a sparse, ticky-tack, rustic early suburb of Minneapolis in the late 60s. Now, after over two decades in filmmaking in which they have turned their incisive pens (okay, more likely computers) onto … Continue reading
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE (2009) Starring Angela Sarafyan, Jesse Garcia, Bai Ling, Dana Delany, Debi Mazar, Jonathan LaPaglia, Walter Perez, Enrique Castillo, Rena Owen, Bree Elise, Meltem Cumbul, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Deidra Edwards and Saadet Aksoy. Screenplay by Wendy Hammond and Deborah Calla. Directed by Alejandro Chomski. Distributed by New Films International. 81 minutes. Not … Continue reading
A SERIOUS MAN (2009) Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Amy Landecker, Alan Mandell, Fyvush Finkel, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson, Peter Breitmayer. Brent Braunschweig, Simon Helberg, David Kang, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Ari Hoptman, Michael Tezl, George Wyner and Michael Lerner. Screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen. Directed by … Continue reading
Susan Olsen Gets Down with Her Bad Show By Ronald Sklar “It was a spectactular turd,” says Susan Olsen. She speaks of the infamous Brady Bunch Variety Hour, which inexplicably ran on ABC-TV for a very short time in 1976 and 1977. Olsen played Cindy Brady, the youngest of the clan, on the original series from … Continue reading
IN THE LOOP (2009) Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Higgins, Mimi Kennedy, Alex Macqueen, Johnny Pemberton, Olivia Poulet, David Rasche, Joanna Scanlan, James Smith, Zach Woods and Steve Coogan. Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche. Directed by Armando Iannucci. … Continue reading
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (2009) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster, Anne Archer, Emma Stone, Noureen DeWulf, Olga Maliouk and Daniel Sunjata. Screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore. Directed by Mark Waters. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. I will preface this review by … Continue reading
BATTLE FOR TERRA (2007) Featuring the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, James Garner, Chris Evans, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Justin Long and Dennis Quaid. Screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Aristomenis Tsirbas. Directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas. Distributed by Lionsgate Pictures. 85 minutes. Rated PG. It’s a sign of how ubiquitous that computer … Continue reading
BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS (1971) Starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Cindy O’Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Tessie O’Shea, Arthur E. Gould-Porter, Ben Wrigley and Reginald Owen. Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 134 minutes. Rated G. Bedknobs and … Continue reading
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