by Brad Balfour Thanks to director Dexter Fletcher, Elton John’s successes and travails are transformed into the mega-pop star’s redemption song through the film Rocketman. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25th, 1947, Elton went from being a shy child prodigy to outrageous stardom and survived. This English singer / songwriter / pianist / composer … Continue reading
YESTERDAY (2019) Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran, James Corden, Ana de Armas, Joel Fry, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Alexander Arnold, Sophia Di Martino, Harry Michell, Ellise Chappell, Sarah Lancashire, Vincent Franklin, Karma Sood, Gus Brown, Karl Theobald Alexander Arnold, Dominic Coleman and Michael Kiwanuka. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Danny … Continue reading
Tami Stronach The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending by Bonnie Paul I was 11 years old when The Neverending Story premiered in theaters in 1984. I remember, vividly, that as soon as I returned from the theater, our family pulled out paper and started writing and illustrating our own neverending stories. … Continue reading
BRIGHT (2017) Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez, Ike Barinholtz, Happy Anderson, Kenneth Choi, Margaret Cho, Andrea Navedo, Brad William Henke, Dawn Olivieri, Brandon Larracuente, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Alex Meraz, Matt Gerald, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Veronica Ngo and Nadia Gray. Screenplay by Max Landis. Directed by David Ayer. Distributed … Continue reading
Cosplay Comes Out to Play at Comic-con New York 2015 As Comic-con NY 2015 rolled into the Javits Center, as it has done every year (getting bigger annually), it was made up a lot of people, panels and of course, lots and lots of cosplay. As day rolled in on Thursday, the place seemed to … Continue reading
MALEFICENT (2014) Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Juno Temple, Brenton Thwaites, Sam Riley, Ella Purnell, Sarah Flind, Hannah New, Isobelle Molloy, Michael Higgins, Jackson Bews, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Eleanor Worthington-Cox and the voice of Janet McTeer. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Robert Stromberg. Distributed by Walt Disney Films. 97 … Continue reading
Debra Messing Starting Over Again by Jay S. Jacobs Debra Messing has a problem that most actresses would kill for. When you are known indelibly for a role which hits the pop-culture jackpot, sometimes it’s not easy to get the public to see you as anyone else. Messing spent eight years playing Grace Adler on Will … Continue reading
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT (2006) Starring Hend Ayoub, Becky Ann Baker, James Urbaniak, Brian Boland, Michael Reilly Burke, Neko Parham, Jay Whittaker, Chavez Ravine, Jay Patterson and footage of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. Screenplay by Gabriel Range and Simon Finch. Directed by Gabriel Range. Distributed by New Market Films. 90 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
BIG FISH (2004) Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Missi Pyle, Loudon Wainwright III, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, Steve Buscemi and Danny DeVito. Screenplay by John August. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 125 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
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