STEP UP 3D (2010) Starring Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith “Remedy” Stallworth, Kendra Andrews, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Martín Lombard, Facundo Lombard, Oren ‘Flearock’ Michaeli, Joe Slaughter, Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos, Harry Shum Jr., Jason Etter and Kathy Najimy. Screenplay by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed … Continue reading
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Joe Maddalena – Digging for Hollywood Treasure
Joe Maddalena Digging for Hollywood Treasure by Jay S. Jacobs If you have ever fantasized about tickling the ivories on Sam’s piano from Casablanca, or maybe holding Han Solo’s blaster from the original Star Wars, or following the Yellow Brick Road, then Joe Maddalena is your man. Maddalena has made a passion for the movies and collecting into … Continue reading
Woody Harrelson Delivers The Messenger
Woody Harrelson Delivers The Messenger by Brad Balfour While actor Woody Harrelson has been characterized as a stoner, he’s been no slacker lately, having worked hard on three movies coming out virtually back-to-back – films that might help get him beyond his past. From starring in the hit television show Cheers to a film like White Men Can’t Jump, Harrelson … Continue reading
Steph Green – Living on the Short Circuit
Steph Green Living on the Short Circuit by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not like film directors just appear working feature films with no prior experience. Most great directors have gotten their feet wet working on short films: including Steven Spielberg (“Amblin’”), Martin Scorsese (“What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?”), … Continue reading
Debra Messing – Starting Over Again
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
Alex Gibney Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work
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
Emily Deschanel – The Doctor Is In
Emily Deschanel The Doctor Is In by Jay S. Jacobs In the second season finale of the popular series Bones, the main characters Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) ended a couple of years of flirtation standing together at a wedding altar in front of a clergyman and a … Continue reading
Salma Hayek Talks Tough and Acts with Vulnerability
SALMA HAYEK TALKS TOUGH AND ACTS WITH VULNERABILITY By Brad Balfour Wow, can you believe it? Salma Hayek is turning 40 in September. Yet for her to do this interview while battling a cold, you would never believe she was hitting the big four zero, let alone be in her 30s. That’s why, when you see … Continue reading
David Cronenberg – A Director Looks at Violent America
DAVID CRONENBERG A DIRECTOR LOOKS AT VIOLENT AMERICA by Brad Balfour Now transformed from a horror genre master (Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome) to a full-blown, critically acclaimed and analyzed auteur, Toronto-based director David Cronenberg finally has made A History of Violence – the film that may be the Oscar-garnering capper of his career. With Cronenberg having … Continue reading
Atom Egoyan – Finding the Truth in Directing
ATOM EGOYAN FINDING THE TRUTH IN DIRECTING by Brad Balfour For Canadian director Atom Egoyan creating Where the Truth Lies offered a challenge of constructing something that was almost a genre film but not quite. Wrestling with musician/composer Rupert Holmes’ novel of the same name, Egoyan takes a story that plays on the conventions of the classic … Continue reading