LUC JACQUET A DIRECTOR DOCUMENTS A NEW GENERATION OF EMPERORS By Brad Balfour For French documentary director Luc Jacquet, making The March of the Penguins, might have been success enough, but to see his tale of an emperor penguin colony under some of the harshest conditions on earth, become a summer sleeper family hit and one … Continue reading
THE TRANSFORMATION OF FELICITY HUFFMAN by Brad Balfour Although Felicity Huffman’s name has been before the public through the high-profile award winning ABC TV series Desperate Housewives, seeing her in Transamerica is the real shocker. In taking on the role of a man becoming a woman, Huffman tests her acting skills in ways the TV show could never possibly do. … Continue reading
Journey And the Journey Continues… by Deborah Wagner When you think of classic 70’s and 80’s arena rock, undoubtedly Journey is one of the first groups that comes to mind. Now, over 30 years after the band’s creation – with countless hits and the 2005 release of their 13th studio album Generations – Journey is still having fun doing … Continue reading
Philip Seymour Hoffman Channels Capote by Brad Balfour Though the actor is almost a head taller than the late author and social figure Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman brilliantly recreates the writer for the film about his life during the creation of his literary masterpiece, In Cold Blood – the story of two killers who massacre a … Continue reading
TRANSAMERICA (2005) Starring Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Graham Greene, Burt Young, Carrie Preston, Elizabeth Peña, Venida Evans, Jon Budinoff, Raynor Scheine, Grant Monohon, Bianca Leigh, Danny Burstein, Andrea James and Maurice Orozco. Screenplay by Duncan Tucker. Directed by Duncan Tucker. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 103 minutes. Rated R. Felicity Huffman does an … Continue reading
THE PINK PANTHER (2006) Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Béyoncé Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Jason Stratham, Roger Rees, Phillip Goodwin and Kristin Chenowith. Screenplay by Len Blum and Steve Martin. Directed by Shawn Levy. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 93 minutes. Rated PG. The role of Inspector Clouseau (or variations of…) from The Pink … Continue reading
The Dick Cavett Show Comic Legends (Shout! Factory-2006) Everybody loves Dick, and these comic legends are not above getting hep to the times and letting it all hang out. Bob Hope, for instance, laments that he hasn’t taken the time to read more books. And a weary Lucille Ball, when asked about the Women’s Liberation … Continue reading
MTV Video Music Awards Rock (Paramount-2003) and Hip-Pop (Paramount-2003) As always, Chris Rock says it best. While hosting the MTV Awards in 1997, he observes that a good video can lead you to like a bad song. And that’s pretty much what this MTV Awards collection – saluting this hip, attitudinal underdog of awards shows – should be all … Continue reading
Charles in Charge The Complete First Season (1984-1985) (Universal-2006) Scott Baio, formerly of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi fame, plays Charles, a stylin’ mid-80s college student (dig those skinny ties, suspenders and sweater vests) who decides to pay for his tuition and get free board by playing nanny for a suburban couple and their group of precocious kids. It … Continue reading
FREEDOMLAND (2006) Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, LaTanya Richardson, Anthony Mackie, Clarke Peters, Peter Friedman, Domenic Lombardozzi, Aasif Mandi, Philip Bosco, Liza Colon-Zayas and Richard Price. Screenplay by Richard Price. Directed by Joe Roth. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 113 minutes. Rated R. Richard Price’s 1998 novel Freedomland was … Continue reading
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