Matt Lanter and Amanda Walsh Would Like to Play a Game by Jay S. Jacobs It doesn’t seem like that long, but the pioneering computer movie WarGames with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy is turning 25 years old. To honor this anniversary, not only is the original film being rereleased on DVD but there is a new WarGames film, … Continue reading
ALEX GIBNEY The Director Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work by Brad Balfour At a time when we need counter-culture heroes more than ever, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s Gonzo-The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson explores in a relatively unvarnished fashion Rolling Stone magazine’s late wild man of journalism and a counter-culture … Continue reading
A MAN NAMED PEARL (2008) Featuring Pearl Fryar. Directed by Scott Galloway. Distributed by Shadow Distribution. 78 minutes. Rated G. Art can be uniquely tailored to the individual. Some people can look at a plant and just see a shrub. In the eyes of others, it may be a work of art. Take, for example … Continue reading
MAMMA MIA! (2008) Starring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper, Rachel McDowall and Ashley Lilley. Screenplay by Catherine Johnson. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mamma Mia! has been a bit of a surprise as a theatrical phenomenon – and … Continue reading
STOP-LOSS (2008) Starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Victor Rasuk, Timothy Olyphant, Ciarán Hinds, Rob Brown, Mamie Gummer, Peter Gerety and Laurie Metcalf. Screenplay by Mark Richard and Kimberly Peirce. Directed by Kimberly Peirce. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 111 minutes. Rated R. The war in Iraq has caused so much acrimony and … Continue reading
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (2008) Starring Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrara, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, Rachel Nichols, Tom Wisdom, Rachel Ticotin, Leonardo Nam, Michael Rady, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Blythe Danner, Jesse Williams, Rebekah Aramini, Lucy Kate Hale, Ernie Lively, Cory Nichols and Kyle McLachlan. Screenplay by Elizabeth Chandler. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. Distributed by … Continue reading
THE AIR I BREATHE (2007) Starring Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Julie Delpy, Emile Hirsch, Clark Gregg, Kelly Hu, Taylor Nichols, Celia Suarez, Jon Bernthal and John Cho. Screenplay by Jieho Lee and Bob DeRosa. Directed by Jieho Lee. Distributed by THINKFilm. 95 minutes. Rated R. The Air I … Continue reading
Woody Woodmansey Living in 3-D by Ken Sharp LET THERE BE DRUMS… Legendary drummer Woody Woodmansey of David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars band has just finished a project with his new band 3-D, helmed by Woody and his two sons, Nick and Dan. An all drum album, the group’s new CD, Future Primitive, offers a lesson … Continue reading
B.B. King Talking with the King by Ken Sharp B.B. King is championed by pundits as the quintessential blues guitar player. Since his emergence in the Fifties, King, trusty black Gibson “Lucille”” guitar in hand, has wowed audiences with his gritty, expressive voice and spectacular blues guitar playing. He can say more in one note … Continue reading
SIXTY SIX (2006) Starring Gregg Sulkin, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Rea, Catherine Tate, Peter Serafinowicz, Lon Haber, Thomas Drewson, Matt Bardock, Alex Black, Cameron Crighton and Nick Shrim. Screenplay by Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor. Directed by Paul Weiland. Distributed by First Independent Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. This little feel-good British coming-of-age … Continue reading
