Rumer A Change of Seasons by Jay S. Jacobs The crazy thing about overnight success is that it always takes a hell of a long time to achieve. When retro-vibed and striking British singer Rumer released her debut album Seasons of My Soul in late 2010 in Europe, most of the stories pointed out that the singer … Continue reading
EXIT STRATEGY (2012) Starring Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers, Quincy “QDeezy” Harris, Noelle Balfour, Big Boy, Kevin Hart, Liz Hernandez, William “Fuzzy” West, Matt Kawczynski, Sid Burston, Juhahn Jones and Nick Sinise. Screenplay by Jameel Saleem. Directed by Michael Whitton. Distributed by The Film Group. 76 minutes. Not Rated. The world is full of low-budget comedies … Continue reading
Chris Weitz Helping Others to Find A Better Life by Jay S. Jacobs It is not often that people almost completely change course in Hollywood. However, after making two straight huge blockbuster films, Chris Weitz has downshifted into the tiny independent drama A Better Life. However, smaller is not necessarily a bad thing. Weitz started small … Continue reading
PERFECT SENSE (2011) Starring Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Stephen Dillane, Ewen Bremner, Connie Nielsen, Denis Lawson, Alastair Mackenzie, Liz Strange, Richard Mack, James Watson, Caroline Paterson, Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh, Malcolm Shields, Adam Smith and Duncan Airlie James. Screenplay by Kim Fupz Aaekson. Directed by David Mackenzie. Distributed by IFC Films. 92 minutes. Not Rated. Virulent … Continue reading
Laurence Leboeuf On the Road to Foreverland by Jay S. Jacobs Foreverland was a film that was literally life and death to its young writer/director Max McGuire. The film was about a twenty-something man who was stricken with the disease cystic fibrosis, who has to travel the length of the west coast of the US to scatter … Continue reading
TEXAS KILLING FIELDS (2011) Starring Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain, Stephen Graham, Annabeth Gish, Sheryl Lee, Jason Clarke, Corie Berkemeyer, Deneen Tyler, Jon Eyez, Tony Bentley, Samantha Beaulieu, Donna Duplantier, Jade Raford and Cassidy Smith. Screenplay by Don Ferrarone. Directed by Ami Canaan Mann. Distributed by Anchor Bay Films. 105 … Continue reading
THE GREY (2012) Starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie, Ben Hernandez Bray, James Badge Dale, Anne Openshaw, Peter Girges, Jonathan Bitonti, James Bitonti, Ella Kosor, Jacob Blair and Lani Gelera. Screenplay by Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Distributed by Open … Continue reading
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (2011) Starring Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Jessica Tyler Brown, Chloe Csengery, Sprague Grayden and Katie Featherston. Screenplay by Christopher B. Landon. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated R. The Paranormal Activity series is becoming the Harold Pinter’s Betrayal of the horror midnight movie genre (or the Christopher Nolan’s Memento, for those to … Continue reading
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (2011) Featuring Damien Wayne Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Miskelly, John Mark Byers, Terry Hobbs, Gary Gitchell, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp and Natalie Maines. Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. Distributed by HBO Documentary Films. 121 minutes. Not Rated. If not for the Paradise Lost series of documentaries, no … Continue reading
THE DIVIDE (2012) Starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Iván González, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, Abbey Thickson, Jennifer Blanc, Peter Stormare and Rosanna Arquette. Screenplay by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean. Directed by Xavier Gens. Distributed by Anchor Bay Films. 121 minutes. Not Rated. It almost feels like a contradiction in … Continue reading
